Madadayo

1993 · directed by Akira Kurosawa

Rating

77/100

Hit

no

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.

Madadayo (1993), directed by Akira Kurosawa, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Tatsuo Matsumura
• Kyōko Kagawa
• Hisashi Igawa
• George Tokoro
• Masayuki Yui
• Akira Terao
• Takeshi Kusaka
• Asei Kobayashi
• Hidetaka Yoshioka
• Yoshitaka Zushi

Crew

• Shoji Ueda — Director of Photography
• Takao Saitō — Director of Photography
• Akira Kurosawa — Editor
• Ishirō Honda — Editor
• Shinichiro Ikebe — Original Music Composer
• Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay

More from Akira Kurosawa

1. Seven Samurai (1954) — 100/100 · hit
2. Rashomon (1950) — 99/100 · hit
3. Ikiru (1952) — 91/100 · hit
4. Ran (1985) — 91/100 · hit
5. High and Low (1963) — 91/100 · hit
6. Throne of Blood (1957) — 90/100 · hit

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