Rhapsody in August

7.2 / 10

(134 votes)

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

98 minutes

Year:

1991

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

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Company:

Kurosawa Production,

Shochiku

Cast:
Sachiko Murase

Kane (The Grandmother)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Tateo

Tomoko Otakara

Tami

Mieko Suzuki

Minako

Mitsunori Isaki

Shinjiro

Crew:
Akira Kurosawa

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Editor

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Shôji Ueda

Director of Photography

Takao Saitō

Director of Photography