Madadayo
124 reviews
Drama/Comedy
2h 14m
1993
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The...
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Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
- DirectorAkira Kurosawa
- Release17 April 1993
- Genre
- Duration2h 14m
- Budget$8,000,000
- Revenue$1,900,000
- Rate124 reviews
- Productions
Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music and Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film
Cast

Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife

Hisashi Igawa
Takayama

George Tokoro
Amaki

Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama

Akira Terao
Sawamura

Takeshi Kusaka
Dr. Kobayashi

Asei Kobayashi
Rev. Kameyama

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Takayama's Son

Yoshitaka Zushi
Neighbor

Mitsuru Hirata
Tada

Noriko Honma
Old Lady Holding a Cat

Shigeo Katō
Stationmaster

Kōjirō Kusanagi
Man Who Bought the Land

Kimihiro Reizei
Murayama

Kinzō Sakura
Policeman

Takao Zushi
Kitamura

Tetsu Watanabe

Shû Nakajima

Masuo Amada

Minoru Hirano

Kazuhiko Kasai

Eiji Bandō

Masahiko Tanimura

Tomoko Otakara
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