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.
| Title | Rhapsody in August |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | Kurosawa Production, Shochiku |
| Cast | Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Otakara, Mieko Suzuki, Mitsunori Isaki, Hisashi Igawa |
| Crew | Akira Kurosawa (Director), Akira Kurosawa (Editor), Yoshirō Muraki (Production Design), Kazu Hiro (Special Effects Makeup Artist), Shôji Ueda (Director of Photography), Naohito Sakai (Assistant Director) |
| Keyword | atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, long lost relative, grandmother, japanese american, nagasaki, mourning ritual, grandmother grandson relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship |
| Release | May 25, 1991 |
| Runtime | 98 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.12 / 10 by 139 users |
| Popularity | 14 |
| Budget | 0 |
| Revenue | 0 |
| Language | 日本語 |
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