poster movie

Rhapsody in August

Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.

7.124 average rating
7.124
Japanese / 98 MIN. / 1991

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Sachiko MuraseHidetaka YoshiokaTomoko OtakaraMieko SuzukiMitsunori IsakiHisashi IgawaToshie NegishiChōichirō KawarasakiNarumi KayashimaRichard GereMatsue OnoKappei MatsumotoYoshiko MakiNoriko HonmaNatsuyo KawakamiKumeko OtowaMichio KidaShizuko AzumaSachio SakaiYoshie KihiraJunpei NatsukiSetsuko KawaguchiShigeo KatôHiroko MakiGoichi NagataniMotohiro TorikiWasuke IzumiTorauemon UtazawaEiko KoikeYukie ShimuraSaburô Kadowaki

Recommended

Movies

poster movie

Madadayo

7.3 average rating
poster movie

Branded to Kill

7.2 average rating
poster movie

Once Upon a Time in China II

7.138 average rating
poster movie

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

6.7 average rating
poster movie

Better Luck Tomorrow

6.4 average rating
poster movie

Visible Secret

6.4 average rating
poster movie

Darkness in the Light

5.8 average rating
poster movie

The Bible: In the Beginning...

7.3 average rating
poster movie

Sanjuro

7.9 average rating
poster movie

Kagemusha

7.8 average rating
poster movie

Confessions

7.577 average rating
poster movie

Fear of Rain

7 average rating
poster movie

The Guardian

7.141 average rating
poster movie

Ran

8.067 average rating
poster movie

Kill Your Darlings

7.078 average rating
poster movie

The Karate Kid Part II

6.3 average rating
poster movie

Four Weddings and a Funeral

6.8 average rating
poster movie

Thelma & Louise

7.6 average rating
poster movie

Modern Times

8.292 average rating
poster movie

Blue Is the Warmest Color

7.1 average rating