Movie

Rhapsody in August

1991★ 7.1

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.

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Cast

Sachiko MuraseKane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka YoshiokaTateo
Tomoko OtakaraTami
Mieko SuzukiMinako
Mitsunori IsakiShinjiro
Hisashi IgawaTadao
Toshie NegishiKane's daughter
Chōichirō KawarasakiNoboru
Narumi KayashimaMachino
Richard GereClark (Kane's Nephew)
Matsue Ono
Kappei Matsumoto

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