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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.

1991 |1h 38m |  Drama

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Cast

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Sachiko Murase

Kane (The Grandmother)

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Hidetaka Yoshioka

Tateo

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Tomoko Otakara

Tami

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Mitsunori Isaki

Shinjiro

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Hisashi Igawa

Tadao

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Toshie Negishi

Kane's daughter

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Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Noboru

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Narumi Kayashima

Machino

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Richard Gere

Clark (Kane's Nephew)

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Noriko Honma

Mourner

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Kumeko Otowa

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Sachio Sakai

Mourner

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Shigeo Katô

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Eiko Koike

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Status

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Language

Japanese

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