Madadayo

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

Tatsuo Matsumura

Kyōko Kagawa

Hisashi Igawa

George Tokoro

Masayuki Yui

Akira Terao

Takeshi Kusaka

Asei Kobayashi