Madadayo
George Tokoro, Hisashi Igawa, Kyoko Kagawa
Set in postwar Japan, the film portrays the relationship between four students and Hyakken Uchida, one of the true free spirits of the Japanese literary world.
DVD Released: April 7, 2001
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November 26, 2008the farewell address from the greatest director in history. while this film is nowhere near one of kurosawas best, it is still very good. just watching kurosawa direct a film with modern developments in cinematography was a treat. the diologue was as profound as usual in kuros... ...( read more )
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April 27, 2007beautifully done film a real depart from his earlier stuff but its a really sweet film worth watching
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May 17, 2009This is the last film of the master Akira Kurasawa. The story is about going home, go back to the place we come from. In the story, man wasn?t ready to come home yet. so? we wait?
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November 6, 2008A beautiful, poignant portrait of a professor's waning years. As he did in Ikiru, Kurosawa offers up a nostalgic and contemplative portrait of a man's life.
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August 18, 2008I am a big fan of Kurosawa.And I never expected one of his films to be that bad.No atmosphere,scenes with no connection.It certainly had something to say,full of meanings,but the photography of this film was more than bad.
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January 1, 2000
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is the kind of film we would all like to make, if we were very old and very serene. There were times when I felt uncannily as if Kurosawa were filming his own graceful decline into the night. full review
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September 18, 2006I really loved this movie! I loved the part where the professor talked about being afraid of the dark. That whole bit was just fantastic, so much so that I had to write it down so I can share it with my friends. I also liked how much the professor loved his cat and how upset he was when the cat disappeared. I especially liked the ending segment. At first I thought it was too abrupt, but I thought about it and it seemed appropriate, never knowing what happened after that, never having him say “I’m ready.”
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