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Madadayo
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Akira Kurosawa
Ishirô Honda
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 1, 2000
DVD: March 13, 2001
Running Time: 134 minutes, Color
Origin: Japan
Language(s): Japanese (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyôko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, and Jôji Tokoro
In 1943 a beloved professor begins writing full-time. A series of events ensues including old students visiting and a fire that forces him to move.
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What The Critics Said
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Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
A profound and deeply moving exploration of facing death with dignity.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
It's not one of Kurosawa's great films.... But it is, within its own proportions, nearly perfect.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Has the expressionistic simplicity of Kurosawa's other late films.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Amy Taubin
Unabashedly personal and uncool...but between you and me, dear reader, I love it to death.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
It is an important work, and a very good one.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
This warm, celebratory and very public film is punctuated by sudden and luminous private visualizations.
Read Full Review >New York Post V. A. Musetto
The late Akira Kurosawa's shamelessly sentimental last film is a fond and fitting farewell.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Kurosawa's farewell film is full of sentiment, tears, toasts and songs.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Yoon C. gave it a 7:
Kurosawa made his last movie with the gentle doting care of a grandparent. Certain traits of artists loom larger in the later stages of their career, and Kurosawa always had a sentimental streak; Madadayo is one movie where we can readily forgive the old master for his taste for sweets.
