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Poster for Rhapsody in August

1991

Rhapsody in August

TMDB 7.2

1h 38m · 25 May 1991

Drama

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

Directed byAkira Kurosawa

Cast

  • Sachiko MuraseKane (The Grandmother)
  • Hidetaka YoshiokaTateo
  • Tomoko OtakaraTami
  • Mieko SuzukiMinako
  • Mitsunori IsakiShinjiro
  • Hisashi IgawaTadao
  • Toshie NegishiKane's daughter
  • Chōichirō KawarasakiNoboru
  • Narumi KayashimaMachino
  • Richard GereClark (Kane's Nephew)

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