Rhapsody in August

December. 20,1991 PG

Rating：

7.2

Genre：

Drama

Keywords：

Atomic Bomb Grandmother Japanese American

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Sachiko Murase as Kane (The Grandmother)

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tateo

Tomoko Otakara as Tami

Mitsunori Isaki as Shinjiro

Hisashi Igawa as Tadao

Toshie Negishi as Kane's daughter

Narumi Kayashima as Machino

Richard Gere as Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Noriko Honma as Mourner

Kumeko Otowa as

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