Madadayo (1993)
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.
- Release Date: 1993-04-17
- Runtime: 2h 14min
- Production Company: Tokuma Shoten
- Production Country: Japan
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Writer: Akira Kurosawa
