Rhapsody in August (1991)

Comedy
Drama

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

Kane (The Grandmother)
Sachiko Murase
Tateo
Hidetaka Yoshioka
M Matsue Ono
K Kappei Matsumoto
Y Yoshiko Maki
Mourner
Noriko Honma
N Natsuyo Kawakami
Kumeko Otowa
M Michio Kida
S Shizuko Azuma
Mourner
Sachio Sakai
Y Yoshie Kihira
Tami
Tomoko Otakara
J Junpei Natsuki
S Setsuko Kawaguchi
Shigeo Katô
H Hiroko Maki
G Goichi Nagatani
M Motohiro Toriki
W Wasuke Izumi
T Torauemon Utazawa
Eiko Koike
Y Yukie Shimura
Minako
M Mieko Suzuki
S Saburô Kadowaki
Shinjiro
Mitsunori Isaki
Tadao
Hisashi Igawa
Kane's daughter
Toshie Negishi
Noboru
C Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Machino
Narumi Kayashima
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Richard Gere

Crew

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Production Design
Y Yoshirō Muraki
Director of Photography
S Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
T Takao Saitō
Original Music Composer
Shinichirô Ikebe
Novel
K Kiyoko Murata
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Ishirō Honda
Producer
H Hisao Kurosawa
Costume Design
K Kazuko Kurosawa
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kazu Hiro
Executive Producer
T Toru Okuyama
Makeup Artist
T Tameyuki Aimi
Hairstylist
Y Yumiko Fujii
Wig Designer
Y Yamada Katsura
Hairstylist
S Sakai Nakao
Makeup Artist
N Norio Sano
Makeup Artist
S Shoshichiro Ueda
Assistant Director
V Vittorio Dalle Ore
Assistant Director
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
N Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
T Tsuyoshi Sugino
Assistant Director
T Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director
O Okihiro Yoneda
Sound
K Kenichi Benitani
Sound Assistant
S Soichi Inoue
Sound Effects Editor
I Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
M Masatoshi Saito