Madadayo
7.3(136) 1993-04-17 134 minDramaComedy
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.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
Original Music ComposerShinichiro Ikebe
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ProducerHisao Kurosawa
Cast & characters
Tatsuo Matsumura
as Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko Kagawa
as Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa
as Takayama
George Tokoro
as Amaki
Masayuki Yui
as Kiriyama
Akira Terao
as Sawamura
Takeshi Kusaka
as Dr. Kobayashi
Asei Kobayashi
as Rev. Kameyama
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Takayama's Son
Yoshitaka Zushi
as Neighbor
Mitsuru Hirata
as Tada
Noriko Honma
as Old Lady Holding a Cat
Shigeo Katō
as Stationmaster
Kōjirō Kusanagi
as Man Who Bought the Land
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Utaroku Miyakoya
as Packhorse Driver
Kimihiro Reizei
as Murayama
Kinzō Sakura
as Policeman
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Mieko Suzuki
as Fishmonger's Daughter
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Tetsuo Yamashita
as Landlord
Takao Zushi
as Kitamura
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Nobuto Okamoto
as Ota
Tetsu Watanabe
as —
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Norio Matsui
as —
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Akihiko Sugizaki
as —
