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Madadayo (1993)

★ 7.3/10 134 min Drama, Comedy Japan Japanese
Original Story: Hyakken Uchida
Screenplay by: Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa
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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.

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Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa Takayama
George Tokoro
George Tokoro Amaki
Masayuki Yui
Masayuki Yui Kiriyama
Akira Terao
Akira Terao Sawamura
Takeshi Kusaka
Takeshi Kusaka Dr. Kobayashi
Asei Kobayashi
Asei Kobayashi Rev. Kameyama

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