Movie·1993·2h 14m
Madadayo
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: まあだだよ
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.
Producer
Hisao Kurosawa, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Cinematography
Shoji Ueda
Music
Shinichiro Ikebe
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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
Kimihiro Reizei
Murayama
Kinzō Sakura
Policeman
Mieko Suzuki
Fishmonger's Daughter
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Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Shoji Ueda
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Hisao Kurosawa
Producer
Ishirō Honda
Editor
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Executive Producer
Yuzo Irie
Executive Producer
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