Rhapsody in August (1991)
25/05/1991
Drama
1h 38m
- 71% (142 votes)
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Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
Overview
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
- Akira KurosawaDirector, Screenplay
- Ishirō HondaScreenplay
Original Title
八月の狂詩曲
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- atomic bomb
- hydrogen bomb
- long lost relative
- grandmother
- japanese american
- nagasaki
- mourning ritual
- grandmother grandson relationship
- grandmother granddaughter relationship
Top Billed Cast
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
Mieko Suzuki
Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Tadao
Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru
Narumi Kayashima
Machino
Richard Gere
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
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Sanjuro (80%)
Kagemusha (78%)
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