Madadayo

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Tatsuo Matsumura Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko Kagawa Professor's Wife

Hisashi Igawa Takayama

George Tokoro Amaki

Masayuki Yui Kiriyama