2h 14m1993

Madadayo

まあだだよ

ComedyDrama

7.4/10

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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.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Hyakken Uchida, Akira Kurosawa
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Release date: 17 April 1993
Budget: $8,000,000
Box office: $1,900,000