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 Release Date: April 7, 2001
Stats: 113 reviews
the 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)
beautifully done film a real depart from his earlier stuff but its a really sweet film worth watching
belo filme sobre amizade diriigido com muita sensibilidade por Akira Kurosawa para lamçar um olhar sobre a velhice e a gratidão pelos ensinamentos que recebemos ao longo da vida.
This 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?
A 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.
I 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.
A fitting conclusion to a magnificent career. Kurosawa's old age was definitely beginning to show. There's an innocence and charm in this film that rarely appears in his work. At times, it is overtly sentimental. The subplot with the Cat is adorable.
La ultima pelicula de Akira Kurosawa... termino siendo el epilogo de sus ideas, el final perfecto de su carrera, una despedida para nunca nunca olvidarlo.
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
I 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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