- HD 1080
- Runtime: 98m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Stars: Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Otakara, Mieko Suzuki, Mitsunori Isaki
- keywords: atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, long lost relative, grandmother, japanese american, nagasaki, mourning ritual, grandmother grandson relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship
- Production_studio: Kurosawa Production, Shochiku
- Slogan: Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
- The Rhapsody in August is featured in the top rankings of 1991
- #37 in Top Drama Movies of 1991
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.