Rhapsody in August ·八月の狂詩曲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.

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Drama
Release Date

May 25, 1991

Duration: 1h 38 min

Popularity: 3.7276
142 votes
Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay by

Akira KurosawaIshirō Honda

Productions

Kurosawa Production (JP)Shochiku (JP)

Budget

Revenue: NA

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