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Madadayo

1993
Drama
2h 14m
This film tells the story of professor Uehida Hyakken-sama (1889-1971), in Gotemba, around the forties. He was a university professor until an air raid, when he left to become a writer and has to live in a hut. His mood has hardly changed, not by the change nor by time. Every year his students celebrate his birthday, issuing the question "Mahda kai?" (not yet?), just to hear Uehida-san's answer "Madada yo!" (No, not yet!), in a ritual of self affirmation, and desires of lasting forever. It's a very "japanese" film who portrays everyday life and customs in Japan. (imdb)
Directed by:
Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa
Written by:
Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Hyakken Uchida
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Starring:
Tatsuo Matsumura Tatsuo Matsumura Kyôko Kagawa Kyôko Kagawa Hisashi Igawa Hisashi Igawa George Tokoro George Tokoro Akira Terao Akira Terao Masayuki Yui Tetsu Watanabe Tetsu Watanabe Takeshi Kusaka Mitsuru Hirata Mitsuru Hirata Noriko Honma
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Genre:
Drama
Country:
Japan
Languages:
English, Japanese
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Madadayo

1993
Drama
2h 14m
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hotsakehotsake
Rated 26 Jun 2012
97
99th
I just love it. At the end you feel like you actually know these people.
Rated 26 Jun 2012
actionbergActionberg
Rated 05 Dec 2008
70
49th
I was really disappointed as I was watching this one, concluding that Kurosawa was well past his prime for his last film. But then it got to that awesome ending, and everything fit together better. I should never have doubted The Master.
Rated 05 Dec 2008
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 25 Sep 2014
70
41st
Enjoyable as a series of rambling comic monologues by the Sensei, though by the halfway point the absurd amount of hero-worshipping started to get on my nerves (the moustache-twirler who tried to buy the block of land was one big eye-roll). It's nice as the sentimental final film of a very old man, but if someone else had made this movie I don't think anybody would have even noticed it existed.
Rated 25 Sep 2014
syntaxerrorsyntaxerror
Rated 31 Oct 2008
10
95th
The last Kurosawa film, and for many people it seems hard to sink into. I've seen people draw connections to the professor and Kurosawa, but I'm not entirely convinced this is appropriate. If drawing any connections, I would say Madadayo compares most to one of his earlier works: Ikiru. There is a mystical quality about this film that will captivate you and make you smile. A beautiful film that puts an end to Kurosawa's lifetime of achievement.
Rated 31 Oct 2008
napolenbradynapolenbrady
Rated 15 Mar 2019
76
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76.00
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glm01glm01
Rated 02 Oct 2013
80
64th
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Rated 02 Oct 2013
robrob
Rated 27 Feb 2007
14
75th
This was the first Kurosawa I watched, for some reason—perhaps because it was fairly new when I watched it—and, as introductions to his work go, it's not a particularly good one. Fairly slow-paced, fairly dense, incredible sentimental: a good film, perhaps, but not a film that urges one to sink one's teeth into more of the director's work. A rewatch—now that I've seen much more of Kurosawa—is definitely in order.
Rated 27 Feb 2007
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 03 Sep 2009
4
74th
I was pleasantly surprised. This is among Kurosawa's most personal and affectionate films, and the professor is obviously a parallel for the director himself. Like all of Kurosawa's late work, this is a slow burner, but unlike his previous two efforts, the sense of passing time seems relative and consequential to the story. There is a comedic element I didn't expect, and there is much relief in the way of sardonic humor.
Rated 03 Sep 2009
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
69th
If you accept that the Professor is a surrogate for Kurosawa, then you can't help being a little put off by how everyone worships him and respects him and goes out of their way to help him. The people who surround him are mere shells of personalities. I guess if anyone has earned the right to be a little egotistical, it's Kurosawa, but still. Nonetheless, it is beautiful and touching in many ways. The montage of the professor and his wife in their tiny shack as the seasons change is lovely.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 15 May 2023
87
82nd
Madadayo estreava há 30 anos em Cannes. Esse último Kurosawa me toca especialmente por toda a vinheta desesperadora entre o protagonista e o sumiço de seu gato, eu só queria entrar na tela e dizer que é por isso que não devemos ter um gato só, nós tornamos muito dependentes deles e com um gato só a nossa vida desmorona por completo se o perdermos, com outros você fica melhor amparada em caso de uma perda. Acho que o mesmo vale para poliamor. Rá! Box Versátil O Cinema de Kurosawa Volume 4.
Rated 15 May 2023
kakkikakki
Rated 07 Jul 2012
85
63rd
A dreamer teacher and his all life students.
Rated 07 Jul 2012
glmglm
Rated 18 Jan 2011
81
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81.250
Rated 18 Jan 2011
castrophCastroph
Rated 20 Oct 2008
6
55th
A very sentimental and touching movie.
Rated 20 Oct 2008
tarantinoleTarantinOle
Rated 02 Oct 2013
62
35th
Madadayo (1993) was the last film written and directed by the great Akira Kurosawa. Sadly it is not a truly memorable film and I had some issues with it. It felt a little too long, way too repetitive for its own good, and sadly, visually dull(!). The film is not exactly boring, and it excels in the crowd scenes as well as in the scenes of wartime destruction, but it never really provides a central core of emotional substance that would have made the details and incidents meaningful.
Rated 02 Oct 2013

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