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Madadayo
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Title: Madadayo

Release Date: 17 Apr 1993

Runtime: 2h 14m

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music And Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film

Production Companies: Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music And Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (121 votes)

Cast

  • Prof. Hyakken Uchida: Tatsuo Matsumura
  • Professor's Wife: Kyōko Kagawa
  • Takayama: Hisashi Igawa
  • Amaki: George Tokoro
  • Kiriyama: Masayuki Yui
  • Sawamura: Akira Terao
  • Dr. Kobayashi: Takeshi Kusaka
  • Rev. Kameyama: Asei Kobayashi
  • Takayama's Son: Hidetaka Yoshioka
  • Neighbor: Yoshitaka Zushi
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