Madadayo
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.
Drama
Comedy
7.3
131 reviewsRuntime: 134 min.
Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $1,900,000
Release Date: 1993-04-17
Director(s): Akira Kurosawa
Production: Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music and Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film
Languages: Japanese
IMDB: tt0107474
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