Released
Madadayo
April 17 1993 (over 31 years ago)Rating
73
Based on
120 reviews
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Writers: Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Runtime: 2 h 14 m
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box office: $1,900,000
- Country: Japan
- Companies: Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music And Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film
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.
