Rhapsody in August
1991·Movie
·1h 38min·
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Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
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.
Hibakusha ExperienceIntergenerational DramaFamily ReconciliationPost-War JapanMelancholy ReflectionHistorical TraumaPeace & UnderstandingGentle Storytelling
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Directed by:
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, Tsuyoshi Sugino
Written by:
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, Kiyoko Murata
Produced by:
Hisao Kurosawa, Toru Okuyama
Composed by:
Ichirô Minawa, Shinichiro Ikebe, Kenichi Benitani
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