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Rhapsody in August (1991)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
“Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.”
Drama · 1h 38m
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.
Cast
Sachiko Murase
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tomoko Otakara
Mieko Suzuki
Mitsunori Isaki
Hisashi Igawa
Toshie Negishi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Narumi Kayashima
Richard Gere
Crew
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay
- Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa
- Novel
- Kiyoko Murata
- Director of Photography
- Shoji Ueda, Takao Saitō
- Original Music Composer
- Shinichiro Ikebe
- Editor
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Hisao Kurosawa
Details
- Original title
- 八月の狂詩曲
- Release date
- 1991-05-25
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Kurosawa Production, Shochiku, Sony PCL, IMAGICA