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.

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Written by: Akira Kurosawa & Ishirō Honda
Release date: 1993-04-17
Runtime: 134 minutes
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Cast:
Tatsuo Matsumura Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida 
Kyōko Kagawa Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife 
Hisashi Igawa Hisashi Igawa
Takayama 
George Tokoro George Tokoro
Amaki 
Masayuki Yui Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama 
Akira Terao Akira Terao
Sawamura 
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