Rhapsody in August

Rhapsody in August (2025)

2025

Comedy / Drama

7 from 10 with total 69 votes

1991-05-25

98 minutes

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband 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.

Sachiko Murase character Kane (The Grandmother)

Hidetaka Yoshioka character Tateo

Tomoko Ôtakara character Tami

Mieko Suzuki character Minako

Mitsunori Isaki character Shinjiro

Hisashi Igawa character Tadao

Toshie Negishi character Kane's daughter

Chōichirō Kawarasaki character Noboru

Narumi Kayashima character Machino

Richard Gere character Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Noriko Honma character Mourner

Sachio Sakai character Mourner