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Rhapsody in August

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

7.1 average rating
7.1
Japanese / 98 MIN. / 1991

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Sachiko MuraseHidetaka YoshiokaTomoko OtakaraMieko SuzukiMitsunori IsakiHisashi IgawaToshie NegishiChōichirō KawarasakiNarumi KayashimaRichard GereMatsue OnoKappei MatsumotoYoshiko MakiNoriko HonmaNatsuyo KawakamiKumeko OtowaMichio KidaShizuko AzumaSachio SakaiYoshie KihiraJunpei NatsukiSetsuko KawaguchiShigeo KatôHiroko MakiGoichi NagataniMotohiro TorikiWasuke IzumiTorauemon UtazawaEiko KoikeYukie ShimuraSaburô Kadowaki

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