Rhapsody in August
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.
Rhapsody in August
May 25, 1991
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Cast (31)
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
Mieko Suzuki
Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Tadao
Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru
Narumi Kayashima
Machino
Richard Gere
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Matsue Ono
N/A
Kappei Matsumoto
N/A
Yoshiko Maki
N/A
Noriko Honma
Mourner
Natsuyo Kawakami
N/A
Kumeko Otowa
N/A
Michio Kida
N/A
Shizuko Azuma
N/A
Sachio Sakai
Mourner
Yoshie Kihira
N/A
Junpei Natsuki
N/A
Shigeo Katō
N/A
Hiroko Maki
N/A
Goichi Nagatani
N/A
Motohiro Toriki
N/A
Wasuke Izumi
N/A
Eiko Koike
N/A
Yukie Shimura
N/A
Saburô Kadowaki
N/A
Crew (30)
Directing
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Assistant Director
Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director
Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
Vittorio Dalle Ore
Assistant Director
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Hisao Kurosawa
Producer
Toru Okuyama
Executive Producer
Sound
Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Kenichi Benitani
Sound
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Soichi Inoue
Sound Assistant
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor
Art
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Camera
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
Kazu Hiro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Sakai Nakao
Hairstylist
Norio Sano
Makeup Artist
Yamada Katsura
Wig Designer
Tameyuki Aimi
Makeup Artist
Shoshichiro Ueda
Makeup Artist
Yumiko Fujii
Hairstylist
Crew
No data availableEditing
Akira Kurosawa
Editor