
Rhapsody in August
Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
1991 ja 98 minutes
Rating: 7.1
Plot
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.
Trailer
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)

Matsue Ono

Kappei Matsumoto

Yoshiko Maki

Noriko Honma
Mourner

Natsuyo Kawakami

Kumeko Otowa

Michio Kida

Shizuko Azuma

Sachio Sakai
Mourner

Yoshie Kihira

Junpei Natsuki

Setsuko Kawaguchi

Shigeo Katō

Hiroko Maki

Goichi Nagatani

Motohiro Toriki

Wasuke Izumi

Torauemon Utazawa

Eiko Koike

Yukie Shimura

Saburô Kadowaki