Madadayo 1993

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Drama Comedy

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.

Release Date 1993-04-17
Runtime 2h 14m
Directors Akira Kurosawa, Takao Saitō, Shôji Ueda
Producers Hisao Kurosawa, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Writers Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa, Hyakken Uchida