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  • Rhapsody in August 1991 POSTER

    Rhapsody in August

    1991

    Japanese

    7.2

    12

    60%

    73%

    Action

    atomic bomb

    Drama

    grandmother

    hydrogen bomb

    japanese american

    long lost relative

    nagasaki

    War

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Richard Gere Richard Gere as Clark Mieko Suzuki Mieko Suzuki as Minako Chôichirô Kawarasaki Chôichirô Kawarasaki as Noboru Hidetaka Yoshioka Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tateo
    An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
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