Madadayo

1993·Movie
2h 14min
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About

Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
Japanese CinemaLate LifeProfessor-Student RelationshipPost-War JapanVignette StorytellingGentle HumorNostalgiaHumanismHistorical Drama

Crew

Directed by:
Akira Kurosawa
Written by:
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, Hyakken Uchida
Produced by:
Hisao Kurosawa, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Composed by:
Shinichirô Ikebe

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