Madadayo

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.

Top Cast

Tatsuo Matsumura

Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko Kagawa

Professor's Wife

Hisashi Igawa

Takayama

George Tokoro

Amaki

Masayuki Yui

Kiriyama