Rhapsody in August
八月の狂詩曲
Rating: 7.2 · 1991 · Drama · Japan · 1 ч 38 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Original title
- 八月の狂詩曲
- Year
- 1991
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1 ч 38 мин
- TMDB
- 7.2
- IMDb
- 7.2
- Tagline
- Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
Director
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
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- Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013)
- Blast from the Past (1999)
- The Sum of All Fears (2002)
- The Heroes of Telemark (1965)