Madadayo
まあだだよ
1993 · 2h 14m · Comedy, Drama · Japan · Rated 6 (DE)
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.
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Akira Kurosawa6.8Smart score
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