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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Akira Kurosawa |
| Stars: |
Tatsuo Matsumura |
| Actors: |
Hisashi Igawa |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
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Writers |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
720917526522 |
| Release Date: |
1993 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 14min |
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Languages
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| Release Language: |
English (Subtitled) |
| Original Language: |
Japanese |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 14min
Release Company: Wellspring (March 13, 2001)
UPC: 720917526522 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 14min
Release Company: Wellspring (March 13, 2001)
UPC: 720917016511 |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/20/1998, p.41, Roger Ebert): "...This is the kind of film we would all like to make, if we were very old and very serene..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
MADADAYO, Akira Kurosawa's 30th and final film, follows the life of an aging Japanese professor whose retirement coincides with the final years of World War II. Beloved by his former students, the professor often received them as guests in his home. That is, until his home is destroyed by an air raid. The students pool their resources and buy the professor and his wife a new house. In their new home, the couple gains a third member of the family, a stray cat named Nora, which the professor dotes on like a child. At one point, when Nora gets lost, a group of students dutifully search the city for the pet on behalf of their despondent professor. As the years go by, the students continue to hold annual birthday parties for their mentor. During these celebrations, they toast him with the question "Mahda-kai?" (meaning "Are you ready?" to go on to the next world), to which he humorously responds, "Madadayo," meaning "No, not yet." Based on the life of author and professor Hyakken Uchida, Kurosawa's last film ... |
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