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Madadayo (1993)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Shoji Ueda, Takao Saitō

134 min44 frames

DramaComedy

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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