Rhapsody in August

A quiet Hiroshima matriarch welcomes her Tokyo grandchildren for a sunlit summer while her American nephew lands from Hawaii. The children’s questions about 1945 unearth decades of silence, forcing regret and fragile hope onto the same porch. Kurosawa’s last summer glow.

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Akira Kurosawa directed Rhapsody in August in 1991. See Akira Kurosawa's full filmography, where to start with Akira Kurosawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akira Kurosawa.

Rhapsody in August was released in 1991 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.