The main story of the film is based on the life of a Japanese academic and author, Hyakken Uchida (1889-1971). The film opens with him resigning as a professor of German, in the period immediately before the Second World War. The of the film is centered around his relationship with his former students, who care for him in his old age.

Professor Hyakken steigt 1943 aus dem Uni-Betrieb aus, um als freier Autor zu arbeiten. Doch seine Studenten halten noch lange Jahre Kontakt zu dem klugen, humorvollen alten Mann. An seinen Geburtstagen trifft man sich stets zur fröhlichen Party... Kurosawas letzter Film ist ein persönliches Werk über Traditionen, Lebensweisheit, Altern und den Abschied vom Leben.

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Actor	Tatsuo Matsumara, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao, George Tokoro, Kyoko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, Asei Kobayashi
Director	Akira Kurosawa
Label	YUME PICTURES

Languages	English
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 6
Publication date	24.09.2007
Genre	Drama

Length	134 minutes
Audio	Japanese (Dolby Digital)
Subtitles	English
Screen	1.77:1
Year of production	1993
Region code	2
Version	UK Version

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