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.
Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Professor's Wife

Takayama

Amaki

Kiriyama

Sawamura

Dr. Kobayashi

Rev. Kameyama

Takayama's Son

Neighbor

Tada

Old Lady Holding a Cat

Stationmaster

Man Who Bought the Land

Packhorse Driver
Murayama

Policeman

Fishmonger's Daughter
Landlord
Kitamura

Ota
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