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Rhapsody in August

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1991-05-25
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Studios: Kurosawa Production, Shochiku,


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.

Director / Directors

Vittorio Dalle Ore
Assistant Director
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director

Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Assistant Director

Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director


Cast

Sachiko Murase
Character: Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Character: Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Character: Tami

Mieko Suzuki
Character: Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Character: Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Character: Tadao

Toshie Negishi
Character: Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Character: Noboru
Narumi Kayashima
Character: Machino

Richard Gere
Character: Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Noriko Honma
Character: Mourner


Sachio Sakai
Character: Mourner






Production and Crew

Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography

Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay

Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design

Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Kazu Hiro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Toru Okuyama
Executive Producer

Tameyuki Aimi
Makeup Artist
Yumiko Fujii
Hairstylist
Yamada Katsura
Wig Designer

Sakai Nakao
Hairstylist
Norio Sano
Makeup Artist
Shoshichiro Ueda
Makeup Artist

Soichi Inoue
Sound Assistant
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor

Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor