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.

Cast

Sachiko Murase

as Kane (The Grandmother)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

as Tateo

Tomoko Otakara

as Tami

Mieko Suzuki

as Minako

Mitsunori Isaki

as Shinjiro

Hisashi Igawa

as Tadao

Toshie Negishi

as Kane's daughter

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

as Noboru

Narumi Kayashima

as Machino

Richard Gere

as Clark (Kane's Nephew)

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