Madadayo (7.3)

Movie · 1993 · 2 h 14 min · 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.

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Starring 松村達雄, 香川京子, 井川比佐志, 所ジョージ, 油井昌由樹, 寺尾聰, 日下武史, 小林亜星, 吉岡秀隆, 頭師佳孝

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