
Madadayo (1993)
Released:
1993-04-17
Duration:
2hr 14min
Rating 7.4
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.
Production Companies

Tokuma Shoten

dentsu Music And Entertainment
Kurosawa Production

Daiei Film
Additional Info
Budget | $8,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $1,900,000.00 |
Original Language | ja |
Popularity | 8.46 |
Directed By
Akira Kurosawa
Crew
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Original Music Composer
Shinichirô Ikebe
Shinichirô Ikebe
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shôji Ueda
Shôji Ueda
Storyboard Artist
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Original Story
Hyakken Uchida
Hyakken Uchida
Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
Hisao Kurosawa
Producer
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Art Direction
Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki
Editor
Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda
Costume Design
Kazuko Kurosawa
Kazuko Kurosawa
TOP CAST

Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife

Hisashi Igawa
Takayama

George 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

Noriko Honma
Old Lady Holding a Cat

Shigeo Katô
Stationmaster

Kōjirō Kusanagi
Man Who Bought the Land
Utaroku Miyakoya
Packhorse Driver

Kimihiro Reizei
Murayama

Kinzō Sakura
Policeman
Mieko Suzuki
Fishmonger's Daughter
Tetsuo Yamashita
Landlord

Takao Zushi
Kitamura
Nobuto Okamoto
Ota