Madadayo
Overview
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.
About Madadayo (1993)
Released in 1993, Madadayo is a drama and comedy film from Tokuma Shoten (Japan). It was directed by Akira Kurosawa and written by Akira Kurosawa. The cast is led by Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro and Masayuki Yui. With a runtime of 2h 14m, the film averages 7.4/10 across 140 TMDB ratings. It was made on a budget of $8,000,000 and went on to gross $1,900,000 worldwide.
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