Madadayo
1993Based 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.
Acted in
Tatsuo Matsumura
as Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko Kagawa
as Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa
as Takayama
George Tokoro
as Amaki
Masayuki Yui
as Kiriyama
Akira Terao
as Sawamura
Takeshi Kusaka
as Dr. Kobayashi
Asei Kobayashi
as Rev. Kameyama
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Takayama's Son
Yoshitaka Zushi
as Neighbor
Mitsuru Hirata
as Tada
Noriko Honma
as Old Lady Holding a Cat
Shigeo Katō
as Stationmaster
Kōjirō Kusanagi
as Man Who Bought the Land
Utaroku Miyakoya
as Packhorse Driver
Kimihiro Reizei
as Murayama
Kinzō Sakura
as Policeman
Mieko Suzuki
as Fishmonger's Daughter
Tetsuo Yamashita
as Landlord
Takao Zushi
as Kitamura
Nobuto Okamoto
as Ota
Tetsu Watanabe
Norio Matsui
Akihiko Sugizaki
Shû Nakajima
Ryûjirô Oki
Tetsuya Ito
Masuo Amada
Minoru Hirano
Kazuhiko Kasai
Eiji Bandō
Masahiko Tanimura
Tomoko Otakara
Toshihiko Nakano