Rhapsody in August
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.
Release Date: 1991-05-25
Drama
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Casts
Sachiko Murase
as Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
as Tami
Mitsunori Isaki
as Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
as Tadao
Toshie Negishi
as Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Noboru
Narumi Kayashima
as Machino
Richard Gere
as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Noriko Honma
as Mourner
