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    Rhapsody in August

    98'

    1991-05-25

    7.2

    Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingAkira KurosawaWritingKiyoko Murata

    Cast

    1

    Kane (The Grandmother)

    Sachiko Murase

    2

    Tateo

    Hidetaka Yoshioka

    1

    Tami

    Tomoko Otakara

    1

    Minako

    Mieko Suzuki

    1

    Shinjiro

    Mitsunori Isaki

    1

    Tadao

    Hisashi Igawa

    2

    Kane's daughter

    Toshie Negishi

    1

    Noboru

    Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    1

    Machino

    Narumi Kayashima

    5

    Clark (Kane's Nephew)

    Richard Gere

    1

    Matsue Ono

    1

    Kappei Matsumoto

    1

    Yoshiko Maki

    1

    Mourner

    Noriko Honma

    1

    Natsuyo Kawakami

    1

    Kumeko Otowa

    1

    Michio Kida

    1

    Shizuko Azuma

    1

    Mourner

    Sachio Sakai

    1

    Yoshie Kihira

    1

    Junpei Natsuki

    1

    Setsuko Kawaguchi

    1

    Shigeo Katō

    1

    Hiroko Maki

    1

    Goichi Nagatani

    1

    Motohiro Toriki

    1

    Wasuke Izumi

    1

    Torauemon Utazawa

    2

    Eiko Koike

    1

    Yukie Shimura

    1

    Saburô Kadowaki

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Kurosawa Production
      2. Shochiku
      3. Sony PCL
      4. IMAGICA
    • Vote Count: 165
    • Popularity: 4.3906
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:八月の狂詩曲

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