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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

Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director

Vittorio Dalle Ore
Assistant Director
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Assistant Director

Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
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
Kazu Hiro
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Yamada Katsura
Wig Designer
Norio Sano
Makeup Artist

Shoshichiro Ueda
Makeup Artist
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Yumiko Fujii
Hairstylist

Toru Okuyama
Executive Producer
Sakai Nakao
Hairstylist
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor

Soichi Inoue
Sound Assistant
Tameyuki Aimi
Makeup Artist

Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography

Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay