Madadayo (1993)

Are you ready yet? Are you ready?

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.

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Stars: Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui

Release Date: 1993-04-17

Country: Japan

Ratings: 7.3 / 10 (128 votes)

Runtime: 134 mins