Rhapsody in August

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.

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Cast

Sachiko Murase

Sachiko Murase

Kane (The Grandmother)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Tateo

Tomoko Otakara

Tomoko Otakara

Tami

Mieko Suzuki

Mieko Suzuki

Minako

Mitsunori Isaki

Mitsunori Isaki

Shinjiro

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Tadao

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Kane's daughter

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Noboru

Narumi Kayashima

Narumi Kayashima

Machino

Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Matsue Ono

Matsue Ono

Kappei Matsumoto

Kappei Matsumoto

Yoshiko Maki

Yoshiko Maki

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Mourner

Natsuyo Kawakami

Natsuyo Kawakami

Kumeko Otowa

Kumeko Otowa

Michio Kida

Michio Kida

Shizuko Azuma

Shizuko Azuma

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

Mourner

Yoshie Kihira

Yoshie Kihira

Junpei Natsuki

Junpei Natsuki

Setsuko Kawaguchi

Setsuko Kawaguchi

Shigeo Katō

Shigeo Katō

Hiroko Maki

Hiroko Maki

Goichi Nagatani

Goichi Nagatani

Motohiro Toriki

Motohiro Toriki

Wasuke Izumi

Wasuke Izumi

Torauemon Utazawa

Torauemon Utazawa

Eiko Koike

Eiko Koike

Yukie Shimura

Yukie Shimura

Saburô Kadowaki

Saburô Kadowaki

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