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Madadayo

Madadayo

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Drama   Comedy
📜 Overview: 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.
💵 Budget: USD 8,000,000
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1993-04-17
⌚ Running Time: 134 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.319

Beloved Cast

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

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