Rhapsody in August

Akira Kurosawa
1991-05-25

Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
7.124
98 min

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.

Cast

Name Character Team
Sachiko Murase Kane (The Grandmother) Unowned
Hidetaka Yoshioka Tateo Unowned
Tomoko Otakara Tami Unowned
Mieko Suzuki Minako Unowned
Mitsunori Isaki Shinjiro Unowned
Hisashi Igawa Tadao Unowned
Toshie Negishi Kane's daughter Unowned
Chōichirō Kawarasaki Noboru Unowned
Narumi Kayashima Machino Unowned
Richard Gere Clark (Kane's Nephew) The Free Refills
Matsue Ono Unowned
Kappei Matsumoto Unowned
Yoshiko Maki Unowned
Noriko Honma Mourner Unowned
Natsuyo Kawakami Unowned
Kumeko Otowa Unowned
Michio Kida Unowned
Shizuko Azuma Unowned
Sachio Sakai Mourner Unowned
Yoshie Kihira Unowned
Junpei Natsuki Unowned
Setsuko Kawaguchi Unowned
Shigeo Katô Unowned
Hiroko Maki Unowned
Goichi Nagatani Unowned
Motohiro Toriki Unowned
Wasuke Izumi Unowned
Torauemon Utazawa Unowned
Eiko Koike Unowned
Yukie Shimura Unowned
Saburô Kadowaki Unowned