Rhapsody in August(八月の狂詩曲)
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Japan · 1991
Rated PG · 1h 38m
Director Akira Kurosawa
Starring Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Ôtakara, Mieko Suzuki
Genre Comedy, Drama
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The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband 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.
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