Madadayo (1993)
Original title: まあだだよ
Madadayo is a 1993 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, with a running time of 2h 14m. It stars Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa and Hisashi Igawa.
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.
Where to watch Madadayo
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Prof. Hyakken Uchida
- Kyōko Kagawa as Professor's Wife
- Hisashi Igawa as Takayama
- George Tokoro as Amaki
- Masayuki Yui as Kiriyama
- Akira Terao as Sawamura
- Takeshi Kusaka as Dr. Kobayashi
- Asei Kobayashi as Rev. Kameyama
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Takayama's Son
- Yoshitaka Zushi as Neighbor
- Mitsuru Hirata as Tada
- Noriko Honma as Old Lady Holding a Cat