Madadayo
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.
Top Billed Cast
Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa
Takayama
George Tokoro
Amaki
Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama
Featured Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Storyboard Artist
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Hyakken Uchida
Original Story
Hisao Kurosawa
Producer
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Art Direction
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