Madadayo

1993 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 134 min · drama film, comedy drama

★ 7.4/10 · 140 ratings on TMDB

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.