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.

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  Tatsuo Matsumura

  Prof. Hyakken Uchida
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  Kyōko Kagawa

  Professor's Wife
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  George Tokoro

  Amaki
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  Masayuki Yui

  Kiriyama
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  Akira Terao

  Sawamura
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  Takeshi Kusaka

  Dr. Kobayashi
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  Asei Kobayashi

  Rev. Kameyama
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  Hidetaka Yoshioka

  Takayama's Son
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  Yoshitaka Zushi

  Neighbor
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  Mitsuru Hirata

  Tada