Madadayo

Akira Kurosawa
1993-04-17


7.324
134 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Tatsuo Matsumura Prof. Hyakken Uchida Unowned
Kyōko Kagawa Professor's Wife Unowned
Hisashi Igawa Takayama Unowned
George Tokoro Amaki Unowned
Masayuki Yui Kiriyama Unowned
Akira Terao Sawamura Unowned
Takeshi Kusaka Dr. Kobayashi Unowned
Asei Kobayashi Rev. Kameyama Unowned
Hidetaka Yoshioka Takayama's Son Unowned
Yoshitaka Zushi Neighbor Unowned
Mitsuru Hirata Tada Unowned
Noriko Honma Old Lady Holding a Cat Unowned
Shigeo Katō Stationmaster Unowned
Kōjirō Kusanagi Man Who Bought the Land Unowned
Utaroku Miyakoya Packhorse Driver Unowned
Kimihiro Reizei Murayama Unowned
Kinzō Sakura Policeman Unowned
Mieko Suzuki Fishmonger's Daughter Unowned
Tetsuo Yamashita Landlord Unowned
Takao Zushi Kitamura Unowned
Nobuto Okamoto Ota Unowned
Tetsu Watanabe Unowned
Norio Matsui Unowned
Akihiko Sugizaki Unowned
Shû Nakajima Unowned
Ryûjirô Oki Unowned
Tetsuya Ito Unowned
Masuo Amada Unowned
Minoru Hirano Unowned
Kazuhiko Kasai Unowned
Eiji Bandō Unowned
Masahiko Tanimura Unowned
Tomoko Otakara Unowned
Toshihiko Nakano Unowned