Rhapsody in August
Rhapsody in August
TMDB 7.2
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.
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Rhapsody in August
TMDB 7.2
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.
Drama
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Rhapsody in August
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.
- Directors
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producers
- Hisao Kurosawa
- Cast and Characters
- 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)
- Languages
- Japanese