Overview
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1994)
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Box office
Grossed $1.9M worldwide against a $8M budget
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Setting
Set in Tokyo
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Music
Music by Shinichiro Ikebe
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Takao Saito
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Hyakken UchidaOriginal Story
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Original title
- まあだだよ
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 17, 1993
- Original language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $8M
- Revenue
- $1.9M
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
Tatsuo MatsumuraProf. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko KagawaProfessor's Wife
Hisashi IgawaTakayama
George TokoroAmaki
Masayuki YuiKiriyama
Akira TeraoSawamura
Takeshi KusakaDr. Kobayashi
Asei KobayashiRev. Kameyama
Hidetaka YoshiokaTakayama's Son
Yoshitaka ZushiNeighbor
Mitsuru HirataTada
Noriko HonmaOld Lady Holding a Cat
Shigeo KatōStationmaster
Kōjirō KusanagiMan Who Bought the Land- Utaroku MiyakoyaPackhorse Driver
Kimihiro ReizeiMurayama
Kinzō SakuraPoliceman- Mieko SuzukiFishmonger's Daughter
- Tetsuo YamashitaLandlord
Takao ZushiKitamura
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