Madadayo (1993)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writer:
Akira Kurosawa
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Tatsuo Matsumura as Prof. Hyakken Uchida |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Professor's Wife |
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Hisashi Igawa as Takayama |
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George Tokoro as Amaki |
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Masayuki Yui as Kiriyama |
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Akira Terao as Sawamura |
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Takeshi Kusaka as Dr. Kobayashi |
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Asei Kobayashi as Rev. Kameyama |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka as Takayama's Son |
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Yoshitaka Zushi as Neighbor |
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Mitsuru Hirata as Tada |
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Noriko Honma as Old Lady Holding a Cat |
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Shigeo Katō as Stationmaster |
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Kōjirō Kusanagi as Man Who Bought the Land |
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Utaroku Miyakoya as Packhorse Driver |
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Kimihiro Reizei as Murayama |
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Kinzō Sakura as Policeman |
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Mieko Suzuki as Fishmonger's Daughter |
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Tetsuo Yamashita as Landlord |
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Takao Zushi as Kitamura |
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Nobuto Okamoto as Ota |
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Tetsu Watanabe as |
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Norio Matsui as |
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Akihiko Sugizaki as |
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Shû Nakajima as |
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Ryûjirô Oki as |
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Tetsuya Ito as |
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Masuo Amada as |
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Minoru Hirano as |
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Kazuhiko Kasai as |
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Eiji Bandō as |
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Masahiko Tanimura as |
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Tomoko Otakara as |
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Toshihiko Nakano as |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Sound | Shinichiro Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Shoji Ueda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hyakken Uchida | Original Story |
| Production | Hisao Kurosawa | Producer |
| Editing | Ishirō Honda | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Design |
| Production | Hiroshi Yamamoto | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Assistant Director |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Production Design |
| Production | Yuzo Irie | Executive Producer |
| Production | Seikichi Iizumi | Associate Producer |
| Lighting | Takeji Sano | Gaffer |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Teruyo Nogami | Production Manager |