Rhapsody in August
八月の狂詩曲
Release: 1991-05-25
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 7.2
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Kurosawa Production
Shochiku
Cast
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
Kumeko Otowa
Sachio Sakai
as Mourner
Shigeo Katō
Hiroko Maki
Torauemon Utazawa
Eiko Koike
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Kazu Hiro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay