Madadayo
7.3
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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Cast
36 people
Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Known for
Harakiri
Samurai Rebellion
Mie Suzuki
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Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife
Known for
High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Hisashi Igawa
Takayama
Known for
Ran
Pitfall
George Tokoro
Amaki
Known for
Ponyo
Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama
Known for
Ran
Kagemusha
Akira Terao
Sawamura
Known for
Ran
Dreams
Takeshi Kusaka
Dr. Kobayashi
Known for
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Antarctica
Asei Kobayashi
Rev. Kameyama
Known for
House
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Takayama's Son
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Yoshitaka Zushi
Neighbor
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Dreams
Mitsuru Hirata
Tada
Known for
The Asadas!
Fukushima 50
Akira Kurosawa Director · Hyakken Uchida Story Shinichiro Ikebe Composer
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $8M · First release April 17, 1993
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Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Tokuma Shoten
Production
dentsu Music and Entertainment
Production
Kurosawa Production
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
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Original title
まあだだよ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 17, 1993
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 8, 1995 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 89012
Germany
April 7, 1994 · Theatrical
Italy
May 15, 1993 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 6, 1997 · Theatrical
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