An elderly woman living in Nagasaki Japan takes care of her four grandchildren for their summer vacation. They learn about the atomic bomb that fell in 1945, and how it killed their grandfather.
Directed By
Akira KurosawaWritten By
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, Kiyoko MurataStudio
Kurosawa Production, ShochikuCast of Rhapsody in August
Sachiko MuraseKane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka YoshiokaTateo
Tomoko OtakaraTami
Mieko SuzukiMinako
Mitsunori IsakiShinjiro
Hisashi IgawaTadao
Toshie NegishiKane's daughter
Chōichirō KawarasakiNoboru
Narumi KayashimaMachino
Richard GereClark (Kane's Nephew)
Noriko HonmaMourner
Sachio SakaiMourner