Madadayo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Madadayo |
| Original title |
ま あ だ だ よ , Mādadayo |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1993 |
| length | 134 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| script | Akira Kurosawa |
| production |
Yasuyoshi Tokuma , Hisao Kurosawa , Gohei Kogure |
| music | Shinichiro Ikebe and Antonio Vivaldi |
| camera |
Takao Saitō , Masaharu Ueda |
| cut | Akira Kurosawa |
| occupation | |
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Madadayo ( Japanese ま あ だ だ よ Mādadayo ) is a Japanese feature film from 1993 based on an autobiographical short story by Hyakken Uchida . The multi-award-winning drama was the final film by director and screenwriter Akira Kurosawa . The film was produced by Daiei . Tatsuo Matsumura played the main role .
action
The German professor Hyakken Uchida tells his adoring students that he will retire from teaching.
The past and life story of the teacher and his wife are shown, from World War II to the 1960s. The film shows how their house is being destroyed by bombs and how wealthy former students help them.
The professor who writes essays and poems after he has finished teaching is celebrated in annual meetings. The circumstances of this celebration change over the years, but its character remains the same. Likewise the central ritual of these celebrations: the students ask Uchida: Māda kai? (“Ready?”) And he replies with Māda da yo! ("Not yet!").
In the end, old Uchida, exhausted from another celebration with his students, dreams of childhood playing hide and seek in his sleep.
backgrounds
The title Madadayo refers to the shouts of Japanese children when playing hide-and-seek: the seekers call Māda kai and the hiding child Māda da yo until it has found a good hiding place. This is also evident in the last scene.
Godzilla director Ishirō Honda worked as a directorial advisor . He died in 1993.
Reviews
“A fascinating, life-wise film, permeated with a deeply humane awe, which celebrates the traditional values of Japan, the way of life and love of life. At the same time a personal homage from Kurosawa to his revered master Eizo Uschida . "
Awards
At the Japanese Academy Awards in 1994, the film won in the categories of Best Supporting Actress ( Kyōko Kagawa ), Best Lighting , Best Equipment and Best Camera . He was also nominated for Best Actor (Tatsuo Matsumura), Best Supporting Actor ( Jōji Tokoro ), and Best Music . Tatsuo Matsumura received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor and Jōji Tokoro for Best Supporting Actor .
At the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards in 1999, Madadayo was nominated for Best Foreign Film , but Roberto Benignis' Life Is Well Defeated.
The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the title “Particularly valuable”.
Web links
- Madadayo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Madadayo at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Madadayo at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Full cast and crew for Madadayo (1993). IMDb.com, Inc. (Ed.), Accessed March 23, 2008 .
- ↑ Madadayo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 10, 2017 .