08 Nov 2001
Storytelling
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Madadayo
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.
Top Billed Cast
松村達雄 Prof. Hyakken Uchida
香川京子 Professor's Wife
井川比佐志 Takayama
所ジョージ Amaki
油井昌由樹 Kiriyama
寺尾聰 Sawamura
日下武史 Dr. Kobayashi
吉岡秀隆 Takayama's Son
頭師佳孝 Neighbor
平田満 Tada
本間文子 Old Lady Holding a Cat
加藤茂雄 Stationmaster
草薙幸二郎 Man Who Bought the Land
Utaroku Miyakoya Packhorse Driver
冷泉公裕 Murayama
桜金造 Policeman
鈴木美恵子 Fishmonger's Daughter
Tetsuo Yamashita Landlord
頭師孝雄 Kitamura
岡本信人 Ota
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