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Madadayo

Dir. Akira Kurosawa·1993·2h 14m

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.

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Madadayo

Madadayo (1993)

Akira Kurosawa

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2h 14m
Cross-source blend ~74/100

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Countries

Japan

Ratings

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7.3/10

133 votes

Rating consensus

74/100 blend

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Warm reception overall — weighted ~74/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

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

Asei Kobayashi

Rev. Kameyama

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Takayama's Son

Yoshitaka Zushi

Neighbor

Mitsuru Hirata

Tada

Noriko Honma

Old Lady Holding a Cat

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