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. | ||
Title | : | 八月の狂詩曲 |
Release Date | : | 1991-05-25 |
Runtime | : | |
Production Countries | : | Japan, |
Production Co. | : | Kurosawa Production Shochiku |
Genres | : | Drama, |
Casts | : | Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Otakara, Mieko Suzuki, Mitsunori Isaki, Hisashi Igawa, Toshie Negishi, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Narumi Kayashima, Richard Gere, Matsue Ono, Kappei Matsumoto, Yoshiko Maki, Noriko Honma, Natsuyo Kawakami, Kumeko Otowa, Michio Kida, Shizuko Azuma, Sachio Sakai, Yoshie Kihira, Junpei Natsuki, Setsuko Kawaguchi, Shigeo Katō, Hiroko Maki, Goichi Nagatani, Motohiro Toriki, Wasuke Izumi, Torauemon Utazawa, Eiko Koike, Yukie Shimura, Saburô Kadowaki, |
Plot Keywords | : | atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, long lost relative, grandmother, japanese american, nagasaki, mourning ritual, grandmother grandson relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, |
Alternative Titles | : | Another Summer Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku Rhapsodie en août Rhapsodie im August Hachi-gatsu no rapusodî Августовская рапсодия Rapsodi i august |