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Madadayo

Madadayo

★ 7.3/10•1993•2h 14m•6•Drama•Comedy

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.

Akira Kurosawa · Director

Akira Kurosawa · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 14m
LanguageJA
Release DateApr 17, 1993
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$1,900,000

Actors

Tatsuo Matsumura

Tatsuo Matsumura

Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Professor's Wife

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Takayama

George Tokoro

George Tokoro

Amaki

Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Kiriyama

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Sawamura

Takeshi Kusaka

Takeshi Kusaka

Dr. Kobayashi

Asei Kobayashi

Asei Kobayashi

Rev. Kameyama

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Takayama's Son

Yoshitaka Zushi

Yoshitaka Zushi

Neighbor

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Tada

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Old Lady Holding a Cat

Shigeo Katō

Shigeo Katō

Stationmaster

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Man Who Bought the Land

Utaroku Miyakoya

Packhorse Driver

Kimihiro Reizei

Kimihiro Reizei

Murayama

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