Overview - Madadayo

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Comedy

Runtime: 134 minutes

Homepage: Madadayo

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$1,900,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

Production companies

  • Name: Tokuma Shoten

    Production country Japan

  • Name: dentsu Music and Entertainment

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Kurosawa Production

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Daiei Film

    Production country Japan

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.

Cast

  • Name: Tatsuo Matsumura

    Character: Prof. Hyakken Uchida

    Popularity: 1.1878

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  • Name: Kyōko Kagawa

    Character: Professor's Wife

    Popularity: 1.4933

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  • Name: Hisashi Igawa

    Character: Takayama

    Popularity: 1.4276

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  • Name: George Tokoro

    Character: Amaki

    Popularity: 0.8688

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  • Name: Masayuki Yui

    Character: Kiriyama

    Popularity: 0.6549

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  • Name: Akira Terao

    Character: Sawamura

    Popularity: 1.3079

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  • Name: Takeshi Kusaka

    Character: Dr. Kobayashi

    Popularity: 0.7664

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  • Name: Asei Kobayashi

    Character: Rev. Kameyama

    Popularity: 0.4089

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