Madadayo

Synopsis: The final film by Japan's master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.  This film tells the story of professor Uehida Hyakken-sama (1889-1971), in Gotemba, around the forties. He was a university professor until an air raid, when he left to become a writer and has to live in a hut. His mood has hardly changed, not by the change nor by time. Every year his students celebrate his birthday, issuing the question "Mahda kai?" (not yet?), just to hear Uehida-san's answer "Madada yo!" (No, not yet!), in a ritual of self affirmation, and desires of lasting forever. It's a very "Japanese" film who portrays everyday life and customs in Japan.

Starring:  
Tatsuo Matsumura .... Professor Hyakken Uchida 
Kyôko Kagawa .... Professor's Wife 
Hisashi Igawa .... Takayama 
Jôji Tokoro .... Amaki 
Masayuki Yui .... Kiriyama 
Akira Terao .... Sawamura 
Asei Kobayashi .... Rev. Kameyama 
Takeshi Kusaka .... Dr. Kobayashi 

Director:  Akira Kurosawa 

Writer:  Akira Kurosawa 

Released:  1993 (theater)

Rating:  NR

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese

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