Rhapsody in August

05/25/1991

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1hr 38min

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Drama

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

STORY

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Sachiko Murase
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka
  • Tomoko Otakara
  • Mieko Suzuki
  • Mitsunori Isaki

    Directors

  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Naohito Sakai
  • Toru Tanaka
  • Okihiro Yoneda

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Kurosawa Production
  • Shochiku

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

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