Rhapsody in August
Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
19911h 38mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Comedy
Overview
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
Keywords
- japan
- grandmother
- long lost relative
- atomic bomb
- grandmother granddaughter relationship
- grandmother grandson relationship
- hydrogen bomb
- mourning ritual
- japanese american
- nagasaki
- nagasaki, japan
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 25, 1991
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku,Kurosawa Production,IMAGICA,Sony PCL,Kurosawa Production, Shochiku, Sony PCL, IMAGICA
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0101991