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Mar 1, 2001 · As of March 2022, Video Librarian has changed from a four-star rating system to a five-star one. This change allows our reviewers to have a wider range of critical viewpoints, as well as to synchronize with Google’s rating structure. This change affects all reviews from March 2022 onwards.
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.
One of the professor's students calls him "a lump of gold without impurities," a judgment that might extend to "Madadayo." It's not one of Kurosawa's great films; the compass of feeling is, in the end, too narrow, the scope of human reference too restricted. But it is, within its own proportions, nearly perfect.
Apr 24, 2020 · Mâdadayo (1993) Apr 24, 2020. Directed by: Akira Kurosawa. This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Retired University Professor Hyakken Uchida (Tatsuo Matsumura) continues to garner the respect of his students with his positive attitude during ...
Sep 1, 2000 · Summary In 1943 a beloved professor begins writing full-time. A series of events ensues including old students visiting and a fire that forces him to move. Drama. Directed By: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda. Written By: Akira Kurosawa, Hyakken Uchida, Ishirô Honda.
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Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1993 • Japan For his final film, Akira Kurosawa paid tribute to the immensely popular writer and educator Hyakken Uchida, here played by Tatsuo Matsumura. Madadayo is composed of distinct episodes based on Uchida's writings that illustrate the affection and loyalty felt between Uchida and his students.
