Madadayo
1993/04/17 (US) | Drama, Comedy
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.
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 8,000,000
Revenue
$ 1,900,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Tokuma Shoten
- dentsu Music and Entertainment
- Kurosawa Production
- Daiei Film
Crews
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
Storyboard Artist
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Hyakken Uchida
Original Story