Rhapsody in August

Rhapsody in August (1991)

May 25th, 19911h 38min

Drama
71%

Overview

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.


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