Rent Madadayo (1993)
3.7 of 5 from 66 ratings
2h 14min
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- Synopsis:
- Madadayo follows the last two decades in the life of Hyakken Uchida (Tetsuo Matsumura), a writer and teacher who retires in the war years of the early 1940's. Beginning in the 1943 (the year Kurosawa made his first feature), the beloved teacher is joined by his students and colleagues each yeah for a birthday celebration, toasting "Mahda-kai? (Are you ready?)" to which his answer is always "Madadayo!" which means "Not yet!", acknowledging that death may be near but life goes on - it is both a triumphant denial of death and a gentle plea for more time.
- Actors:
- Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyôko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, Jôji Tokoro, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao, Takeshi Kusaka, Asei Kobayashi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yoshitaka Zushi, Mitsuru Hirata, Nobuto Okamoto, Tetsu Watanabe, Norio Matsui, Murohide Sugizaki, Ken Takemura, Hiroyoshi Takenouchi, Motohiro Shimaki, Masaaki Sasaki, Nobuyoshi Masuda
- Directors:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers:
- Akira Kurosawa, Hyakken Uchida
- Studio:
- Yume Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Akira Kurosawa, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema
- Countries:
- Japan
