Rhapsody in August

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Akira Kurosawa

Status Released

Release Date 1991-05-25

Storyline

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.

"Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering."