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Rhapsody in August

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

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1h 38m

Release

25 May 1991

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

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