

Madadayo
7.3(125 votes)
1993
2h 14m
Drama
Comedy
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
Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music and Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film