“Rhapsody in August”

The Japanese film, “Rhapsody in August,” is a tale of three generations in a post-war Japanese family and their responses to the atomic bombing of Japan. The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 98 minutes. 1991.

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