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.
Title:Madadayo
Year:1993
Country:Japan
Studio:Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music and Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film
Cast:Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao
Crew:Akira Kurosawa (Director), Takao Saitō (Director of Photography), Shôji Ueda (Director of Photography), Shinichirô Ikebe (Original Music Composer), Akira Kurosawa (Storyboard Artist), Akira Kurosawa (Editor)
Keyword:birthday party, tribute, teacher student relationship, post war japan, 1940s, memories of teachers, lost cats
Release: Apr 17, 1993
Runtime: 134 minutes
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 by 125 users
Popularity: 2.8934
Budget: $8000000
Revenue: $1900000
Language: 日本語
