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Rhapsody in August (1991)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Most recently watched by sleestakk
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.
Rated PG | Length 98 minutes
Actors
Sachiko Murase | Hidetaka Yoshioka | Tomoko Ôtakara | Mieko Suzuki | Mitsunori Isaki | Hisashi Igawa | Toshie Negishi | Choichiro Kawarazaki | Narumi Kayashima | Richard Gere | Matsue Ono | Kappei Matsumoto | Yoshiko Maki | Noriko Honma | Natsuyo Kawakami | Kumeko Otowa | Michio Kida | Shizuko Azuma | Sachio Sakai | Yoshie Kihira | Junpei Natsuki | Setsuko Kawaguchi | Shigeo Katô | Hiroko Maki | Goichi Nagatani | Motohiro Toriki | Wasuke Izumi | Torauemon Utazawa | Eiko Koike | Yukie Shimura | Saburô Kadowaki