Madadayo

Madadayo (1993)

April 17th, 19932h 14min

Drama, Comedy
73%

Overview

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.


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