DramaComedy
Madadayo
User Score129 votes
73%7.3/10
Release1993→
Runtime2H 14M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media15
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
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Box Office
Budget$8M
Revenue$2M
Keywords
birthday partytributeteacher student relationshippost war japan1940smemories of teacherslost cats
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Countries:Japan
Production:Tokuma Shotendentsu Music and EntertainmentKurosawa ProductionDaiei Film