

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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida

Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife

Hisashi Igawa
Takayama

George Tokoro
Amaki

Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama

Akira Terao
Sawamura

Takeshi Kusaka
Dr. Kobayashi

Asei Kobayashi
Rev. Kameyama

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Takayama's Son

Yoshitaka Zushi
Neighbor

Mitsuru Hirata
Tada
Noriko Honma
Old Lady Holding a Cat

Shigeo Katō
Stationmaster

Kōjirō Kusanagi
Man Who Bought the Land
Utaroku Miyakoya
Packhorse Driver

Kimihiro Reizei
Murayama

Kinzō Sakura
Policeman
Mieko Suzuki
Fishmonger's Daughter
Tetsuo Yamashita
Landlord

Takao Zushi
Kitamura
Nobuto Okamoto
Ota

Tetsu Watanabe
Norio Matsui
Akihiko Sugizaki

Shû Nakajima
Ryûjirô Oki
Tetsuya Ito

Masuo Amada

Minoru Hirano

Kazuhiko Kasai

Eiji Bandō

Masahiko Tanimura

Tomoko Otakara
Toshihiko Nakano
Crew
Director
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Storyboard Artist
Screenplay
Original Story
Producer
Art Direction
Costume Design
Details
Release Date
1993-04-17
Runtime
134 min
Original Language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Production Companies
Tokuma Shoten
dentsu Music and Entertainment
Kurosawa Production
Daiei Film
Countries
Japan
Genres
Drama
Comedy