Madadayo

Madadayo

1993/04/17 • $8,000,000 • Released • Japanese

Drama
Comedy
7.4
2h 14m

Overview

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.

Director : Akira Kurosawa

Casts
Tatsuo Matsumura

Tatsuo Matsumura

Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Professor's Wife

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Takayama

George Tokoro

George Tokoro

Amaki

Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Kiriyama

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Sawamura

Takeshi Kusaka

Takeshi Kusaka

Dr. Kobayashi

Asei Kobayashi

Asei Kobayashi

Rev. Kameyama

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Takayama's Son

Yoshitaka Zushi

Yoshitaka Zushi

Neighbor

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Tada

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Old Lady Holding a Cat

Shigeo Katô

Shigeo Katô

Stationmaster

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Man Who Bought the Land

Utaroku Miyakoya

Packhorse Driver

Kimihiro Reizei

Kimihiro Reizei

Murayama

Kinzō Sakura

Kinzō Sakura

Policeman

Mieko Suzuki

Fishmonger's Daughter

Tetsuo Yamashita

Landlord

Takao Zushi

Takao Zushi

Kitamura

Nobuto Okamoto

Ota

Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe

Norio Matsui

Akihiko Sugizaki

Shû Nakajima

Shû Nakajima

Ryûjirô Oki

Tetsuya Ito

Masuo Amada

Masuo Amada

Minoru Hirano

Minoru Hirano

Kazuhiko Kasai

Kazuhiko Kasai

Eiji Bandō

Eiji Bandō

Masahiko Tanimura

Masahiko Tanimura

Tomoko Otakara

Tomoko Otakara

Toshihiko Nakano

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