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Madadayo

まあだだよ

1993 2 h 14 min
73%
Audience score142 votes on TMDB

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.

Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Status
Released
Release date
17/04/1993
Original language
Japanese
Budget
US$ 8 M
Box office
US$ 2 M

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