Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa
- Release Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 134 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (139 votes)
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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.
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