

“Are you ready yet? Are you ready?”
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.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa
Release Date
April 17, 1993
Runtime
2h 14m
Status
Released
Original Language
ja
Vote Count
128


Kurosawa Production
