Rhapsody in August
25/05/1991
2h

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
Kane (The Grandmother)


Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo


Tomoko Otakara
Tami
Mieko Suzuki
Minako


Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro


Hisashi Igawa
Tadao


Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter


Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru


Narumi Kayashima
Machino


Richard Gere
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Matsue Ono
Kappei Matsumoto
Yoshiko Maki


Noriko Honma
Mourner
Natsuyo Kawakami


Kumeko Otowa
Michio Kida
Shizuko Azuma


Sachio Sakai
Mourner
Yoshie Kihira
Junpei Natsuki
Setsuko Kawaguchi


Shigeo Katō


Hiroko Maki
Goichi Nagatani
Motohiro Toriki
Wasuke Izumi


Torauemon Utazawa


Eiko Koike
Yukie Shimura
Saburô Kadowaki
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