Rhapsody in August
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.
Country: JP
Genre: Drama
Release: 1991-05-25
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Production: Kurosawa Production, Shochiku, Sony PCL, IMAGICA
Cast: Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Otakara, Mieko Suzuki, Mitsunori Isaki
Tagline: Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
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