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.
Top Billed Cast
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
Mieko Suzuki
Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
Featured Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Kazu Hiro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
Yamada Katsura
Wig Designer
Norio Sano
Makeup Artist
Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director
Shoshichiro Ueda
Makeup Artist
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Yumiko Fujii
Hairstylist
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