Madadayo
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda / JP, 1993 / 134 min.
Kurosawa’s last film is a slightly melancholy, but also humorous portrait of a Japanese professor preparing for his impending farewell as a teacher at a military academy. Kurosawa portrays the relationship between the prof and his former students in a sequence of vignettes.
“Madadayo” (“not yet”) is the reply professor Hyakken Uchida gives to the question from his former students about whether he is “ready”. Ready to say goodbye – to his academic work, interests, wife and cat and, ultimately, to life itself. That’s still a long way off, the professor assures the group of men who meet each year at Uchida’s home to celebrate this birthday. He then drinks a large glass of beer.
The film is presented in German and English subtitles.
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Director
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda
Production year
1993
Country
JP
Original title
Madadayo
Length
134 min.
Language
Japanese, English
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Akira Kurosawa
After an absence of more than 30 years, Eye is bringing the films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, to the big screen again, some in digitally restored versions. In his films, Kurosawa blends Japanese history and culture with literary and cinematic influences from the West.
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