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.

Drama Comedy

Tatsuo Matsumura

(Prof. Hyakken Uchida)

Kyōko Kagawa

(Professor's Wife)

Hisashi Igawa

(Takayama)

George Tokoro

(Amaki)

Masayuki Yui

(Kiriyama)

Akira Terao

(Sawamura)

Takeshi Kusaka

(Dr. Kobayashi)

Asei Kobayashi

(Rev. Kameyama)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

(Takayama's Son)

Yoshitaka Zushi

(Neighbor)

Mitsuru Hirata

(Tada)

Noriko Honma

(Old Lady Holding a Cat)

Shigeo Katô

(Stationmaster)

Kōjirō Kusanagi

(Man Who Bought the Land)

Utaroku Miyakoya

(Packhorse Driver)

Kimihiro Reizei

(Murayama)

Kinzō Sakura

(Policeman)

Mieko Suzuki

(Fishmonger's Daughter)

Tetsuo Yamashita

(Landlord)

Takao Zushi

(Kitamura)

Nobuto Okamoto

(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