


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.
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Watch Providers: Criterion Channel
Production companies: Tokuma Shoten, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Kurosawa Production Co., Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.