Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hisao Kurosawa
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
134 min
Rating: 7.308/10
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Top Cast
Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa
Takayama
George Tokoro
Amaki
Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama
Akira Terao
Sawamura
Movie Info
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hisao Kurosawa
Production Companies: Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music and Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film
Countries: Japan
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