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Madadayo
WinStar Cinema

Madadayo reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 76 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.0 out of 10
based on 11 reviews
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MPAA 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.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Akira Kurosawa
Ishirô Honda
 
DIRECTED BY: Akira Kurosawa  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: March 13, 2001 
Video: March 13, 2001 
Theatrical: September 1, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 134 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Japan 
LANGUAGE(S): Japanese (with English subtitles) 

What The Critics Said

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100
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
A profound and deeply moving exploration of facing death with dignity.
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90
The New York Times Dana Stevens
It's not one of Kurosawa's great films.... But it is, within its own proportions, nearly perfect.
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83
Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
Little spectacle but much bittersweet sensitivity.
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80
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Has the expressionistic simplicity of Kurosawa's other late films.
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80
Village Voice Amy Taubin
Unabashedly personal and uncool...but between you and me, dear reader, I love it to death.
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78
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
It's a satisfying swan song.
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75
San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
It is an important work, and a very good one.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
This warm, celebratory and very public film is punctuated by sudden and luminous private visualizations.
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75
New York Post V. A. Musetto
The late Akira Kurosawa's shamelessly sentimental last film is a fond and fitting farewell.
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60
TV Guide Ken Fox
Kurosawa's farewell film is full of sentiment, tears, toasts and songs.
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50
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Wordy, wearying drama.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!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.

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