Film
Madadayo
1993· 6· 2h 14m· Comedy· Drama
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.
1993-04-17
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Key Crew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ProducerHisao Kurosawa
Director of PhotographyShoji Ueda
Original Music ComposerShinichiro Ikebe
EditorAkira Kurosawa
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 17 crew)
Details
Released1993-04-17
Runtime2h 14m · 6
StatusReleased
StudiosTokuma Shoten · dentsu Music and Entertainment · Kurosawa Production
Budget$8M
Box office$2M
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating7.3/10 · 133 votes
Original languageja
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