Film
Madadayo
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.
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.
Cast
- Tatsuo MatsumuraProf. Hyakken Uchida
- Kyōko KagawaProfessor's Wife
- Hisashi IgawaTakayama
- George TokoroAmaki
- Masayuki YuiKiriyama
- Akira TeraoSawamura
- Takeshi KusakaDr. Kobayashi
- Asei KobayashiRev. Kameyama
