I love this movie. Why aren't there any posts about it?
This movie is simply amazing. In my opinion, just as good as any of Kurosawa's samurai films. VERY underrated movie. Definatly try checking it out, if there is anyone reading this.
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I agree.
This is one of the most unusual and wonderful movies I have ever seen.
It is strictly a one character movie. No one but the professor does anything other than have a superficial role.
Outside events: the bombing of Tokyo and the occupation come and go, passing over the story line like natural events in a movie where a lost cat is a significant human tragedy.
This is, to a large extent, how lives are actually lead and how they actually change. Such minute concerns such as "how big is a donut shaped koi pond in the back yard" or, "should caged birds be let go if the house is on fire" really are significant events, human events, in this man's life.
Yes, it's a wonderful movie, I like the way it's portrayed
and you feel it like you are in there hearing what they talk.
It's sad that Nora's part and rest of scenes about it.
I agree that Madadayo is definitely an underrated movie because of its unique approach of storytelling. This uniqueness might have alienated the mainstream audience, but it is definitely worth watching as you will experience a broad spectrum of human feelings in one sitting. You might even pick up one or two Japanese words that you might want to use later. :)
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shareI agree, Madadayo is a great movie, with a lovely story about professor and his cat Nora. I love this movie too.
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This is a beautiful movie. It's slow and not rich in action but is still entertaining. That's what make a great movie truly great.
shareFully agree with the first poster. IT is a beautiful tribute to the old Japan destroyed in the horrid American bombings from the 1945 (not only Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also Tokyo was pulverized with the incendiary, phosphorus bombs).
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indeed, possibly one of my favorite movies of all time. very hard to explain, it must be seen, and even then, explanation for why is beyond me!
Deta deta tsuki ga!
Maarui Maarui Manmarui!
Boon no yoona tsuki ga!
Agree with all of the above and would like to add that the music in the film is beautiful, totally amazing!
shareGonna have to disagree with the above posters on this movie. It wasn't bad, but hardly a great movie in my opinion. I waited till the end--the final installment in the 30 existing Kurosawa films(Kurosawa's own filmography--not the 32 or so listed on IMDB)--to watch Madadayo. The movie seemed to be rather promising in the early going, but somewhere in between Nora the cat (one of the hokiest developments I've ever seen in a film) and the "Ah, shucks, that's just the way our teacher is...let's go visit him again today!" antics of a group of middle aged former students, the film just lost me. For a while there, I felt as if I were watching Hachiko: A Dog's Story or some after school children's special. I liked the slow pacing of the film (I'm a sucker for slow, methodical movies--Tarkovsky, Antonioni, Kiarostami, Angelopoulos, Bresson, etc.), but the sentimentality of Madadayo was a little too heavy-handed to suit my cinematic tastebuds. I will, however, give the film credit for some rather humorous speeches made by the professor (which unfortunately lose a lot in the English translations) and great word play in the signs & notes which adorned the professor's home(s). The bit about "yononakani hitono kurukoso urusake,toha iumonono omae dehanashi,yononakani hitono kurukoso ureshike,toha iumonono omae dehanashi" was this film's real "solid gold."
shareI wouldn't say this is one of Kurosawa's best films but it is a strangely satisfying "swan song." The story of the aging professor echoes "Ikiru" and "Red Beard" but with a gentleness and acceptance of what time brings that those films lack. It's certainly a film one must approach on its own terms. It takes its time and then draws to one of the most eloquent and touching final scenes that Kurosawa ... or anyone else for that matter ... ever filmed. Regrettably, the only available DVD transfer as I write (April 2011) is pretty bad. However, Criterion reportedly has this film (and "Dersu Uzala," Kurosawa's Soviet-backed Oscar winner) on its "to-do" list and restored versions should be available in a year or two.
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