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.
Released: Apr 17, 1993
Runtime: 134 minutes
Stars: Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao
Crew: Akira Kurosawa (Director), Shôji Ueda (Director of Photography), Takao Saitō (Director of Photography), Shinichirô Ikebe (Original Music Composer), Akira Kurosawa (Storyboard Artist), Akira Kurosawa (Editor)