Rhapsody in August (1991)
Drama • 1ч 38м
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.
TMDB rating:
7.2
(152)
Cast
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
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Mieko Suzuki
Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Tadao
Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru
Narumi Kayashima
Machino
Richard Gere
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
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Matsue Ono
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Kappei Matsumoto
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Yoshiko Maki
Noriko Honma
Mourner
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Natsuyo Kawakami
Kumeko Otowa
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Michio Kida
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Shizuko Azuma
Sachio Sakai
Mourner
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Yoshie Kihira
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Junpei Natsuki
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Setsuko Kawaguchi
Shigeo Katō
Hiroko Maki
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Kazu Hiro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Shoji Ueda
Director of Photography
Toru Okuyama
Executive Producer
Tameyuki Aimi
Makeup Artist
Yumiko Fujii
Hairstylist
Yamada Katsura
Wig Designer
Sakai Nakao
Hairstylist
Norio Sano
Makeup Artist
Shoshichiro Ueda
Makeup Artist
Vittorio Dalle Ore
Assistant Director
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Assistant Director
Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Kenichi Benitani
Sound
Soichi Inoue
Sound Assistant
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
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