Madadayo
1993•6•2h 14m•7.3•Released
DramaComedy
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Akira Kurosawa
Budget
$8M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Tokuma Shoten
Cast
Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa
Takayama
George Tokoro
Amaki
Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama
Akira Terao
Sawamura
Takeshi Kusaka
Dr. Kobayashi
Asei Kobayashi
Rev. Kameyama
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Takayama's Son
Yoshitaka Zushi
Neighbor
Mitsuru Hirata
Tada
Noriko Honma
Old Lady Holding a Cat
Shigeo Katō
Stationmaster
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Man Who Bought the Land
Utaroku Miyakoya
Packhorse Driver
Production
Company
Tokuma Shoten
Company
dentsu Music and Entertainment
Company
Kurosawa Production
Company
Daiei Film
Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
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