Released:
1993-04-17

Overview:
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

Director:
Akira Kurosawa

Runtime:
2h 14min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Tatsuo Matsumura
  as
  Prof. Hyakken Uchida
• 
  Kyōko Kagawa
  as
  Professor's Wife
• 
  Hisashi Igawa
  as
  Takayama
• 
  George Tokoro
  as
  Amaki
• 
  Masayuki Yui
  as
  Kiriyama