Madadayo

Madadayo

1993
2h 14min

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.

Madadayo

Storyline

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.
    Released
    17 April 1993
    Runtime
    2h 14min
    Director
    Budget
    $8,000,000
    Revenue
    $1,900,000
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Japanese
    Production
    Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music and Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film
Cast
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