 |  |  | | | This film tells the story of professor Uehida Hyakken-sama (1889-1971), in Gotemba, around the forties. He was a university professor until an air raid, when he left to become a writer and has to live in a hut. His mood has hardly changed, not by the change nor by time. Every year his students celebrate his birthday, issuing the question "Mahda kai?" (not yet?), just to hear Uehida-san's answer "Madada yo!" (No, not yet!), in a ritual of self affirmation, and desires of lasting forever. It's a very "japanese" film who portrays everyday life and customs in Japan. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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| | | | | Like the beautiful rainbow sky in the final scenes of "Madadayo", this film is a perfectly measured and exquisitely photographed end to Akira Kurosawa's career. No other director could have handled such a delicate subject as old age and community love. This is a simple film, really, yet in it's gentle presentation are several very poignant ideas concerning warm- heartedness, relationships and community. One of the most competent films of the 1990's. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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