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Madadayo
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Director:
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa (writer)
Hyakken Uchida (essays)
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Release Date:
20 March 1998 (USA) more
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The final film by Japan's master filmmaker.
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This film tells the story of professor Uehida Hyakken-sama (1889-1971), in Gotemba, around the forties... more | add synopsis
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Madadayo travels deeper than most light comedies. more (29 total)

Cast

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Tatsuo Matsumura ... Professor Hyakken Uchida
Kyôko Kagawa ... Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa ... Takayama
Jôji Tokoro ... Amaki
Masayuki Yui ... Kiriyama
Akira Terao ... Sawamura
Takeshi Kusaka ... Dr. Kobayashi
Asei Kobayashi ... Rev. Kameyama
Hidetaka Yoshioka ... Takayama's son
Yoshitaka Zushi ... Neighbor
Mitsuru Hirata ... Tada
Nobuto Okamoto ... Ohta
Tetsu Watanabe
Norio Matsui
Murohide Sugizaki
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134 min
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Tatsuo Matsumura was 79 years old when he played the Professor, portraying the professor between the ages of 58 and 77. Matsumura was older than his character throughout the movie, almost twenty years older than the Professor he portrayed for most of the picture. more
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Factual errors: The story depicts Professor Hyakken's 60th birthday toward the end of World War II (1943-1945). But he was born in 1889; thus, he turned 60 years old in 1949. more
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L'ESTRO ARMONICO Op. II, Concert No 1 in D Major, RV 230 more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Madadayo travels deeper than most light comedies., 25 February 2003
Author: yossarian100 from usa

Madadayo appears to be a light comedy on the surface, but, as in all Kurosawa films, he draws you deeper and deeper into the characters and takes his time to tell the story the way he wants to. Also, Madadayo is quite charming. I loved it. I felt I was transported to post war Japan and given more than just a glimpse into the Japanese personality, and that is a gift in my book. What a brilliant director Kurosawa was. I will miss him dearly.

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