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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 awakens long-buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

Director(s)

Akira Kurosawa

Vittorio Dalle Ore

Takashi Koizumi

Ishirō Honda

Tsuyoshi Sugino

Okihiro Yoneda

Naohito Sakai

Toru Tanaka

Cast & Crew

Akira Kurosawa

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Takashi Koizumi

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Hidetaka Yoshioka

Tateo

Hisashi Igawa

Tadao

Noriko Honma

Mourner

Ishirō Honda

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Sachio Sakai

Mourner

Junpei Natsuki

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Shizuko Azuma

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Saburô Kadowaki

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Shigeo Katō

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Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Noboru

Richard Gere

Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Eiko Koike

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Kappei Matsumoto

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Toshie Negishi

Kane's daughter

Torauemon Utazawa

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Sachiko Murase

Kane (The Grandmother)

Michio Kida

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Narumi Kayashima

Machino

Mitsunori Isaki

Shinjiro

Mieko Suzuki

Minako

Motohiro Toriki

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Goichi Nagatani

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Yoshie Kihira

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Yukie Shimura

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Setsuko Kawaguchi

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Kumeko Otowa

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Okihiro Yoneda

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Naohito Sakai

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Tsuyoshi Sugino

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Toru Tanaka

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Vittorio Dalle Ore

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Tomoko Otakara

Tami

Matsue Ono

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Yoshiko Maki

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Natsuyo Kawakami

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Hiroko Maki

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Wasuke Izumi

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Details

GenresDrama

Runtime1h 38 mins

Released on25 May 1991

Languageja

Age RatingPG

Produced InJapan