Rhapsody in August (1991)
Original title: 八月の狂詩曲
Rhapsody in August is a 1991 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, with a running time of 1h 38m. It stars Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka and Tomoko Otakara.
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.
Cast
- Sachiko Murase as Kane (The Grandmother)
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tateo
- Tomoko Otakara as Tami
- Mieko Suzuki as Minako
- 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)
- Matsue Ono
- Kappei Matsumoto