Rhapsody in August

Rhapsody in August (1991)

Drama1 hour and 38 minutes
71%
User score

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

Description

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.