Madadayo

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Tatsuo MatsumuraProf. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko KagawaProfessor's Wife

Hisashi IgawaTakayama

George TokoroAmaki

Masayuki YuiKiriyama

Akira TeraoSawamura

Takeshi KusakaDr. Kobayashi

Asei KobayashiRev. Kameyama

Hidetaka YoshiokaTakayama's Son

Yoshitaka ZushiNeighbor

Mitsuru HirataTada

Noriko HonmaOld Lady Holding a Cat