Madadayo

Year: 1993

Runtime: 134 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Akira Kurosawa

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Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic, the film opens with his resignation from a German‑language professorship at the start of World War II. It then unfolds through a series of gentle vignettes that follow his later years, showing former students caring for him, sharing memories and moments that reveal his personality and the quiet dignity of his aging life.

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