The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 79/100. Scores higher than 89% of the 1,887 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic79/100
140 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
Cast
- Tatsuo MatsumuraProf. Hyakken Uchida
- Kyōko KagawaProfessor's Wife
- Hisashi IgawaTakayama
- George TokoroAmaki
- Masayuki YuiKiriyama
- Akira TeraoSawamura
- Takeshi KusakaDr. Kobayashi
- Asei KobayashiRev. Kameyama
- Hidetaka YoshiokaTakayama's Son
- Yoshitaka ZushiNeighbor
- Mitsuru HirataTada
- Noriko HonmaOld Lady Holding a Cat
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Themes
birthday partytributeteacher student relationshippost war japan1940smemories of teacherslost cats
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