Madadayo (1993)

Tatsuo Matsumura: Professor Hyakken Uchida

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• Professor Hyakken Uchida : Gentlemen, today's my last day for me to be called "professor." As of today, I am resigning my professorship. Somehow, my writings have found a market. I can make a living off them. That's not to say - that I dislike teaching. But as they say, "He who chases two hares catches neither." So, I am quitting teaching.

  Takayama : Professor. Even if you quit, you'll still be our professor. My dad graduated from this school, and so did his friends. To this day they still call you Professor. They also say you're pure gold.

  Professor Hyakken Uchida : Pure gold?

  Takayama : A lump of gold with no impurities. I guess they mean you're a true professor. You're our German professor, but I feel you've taught us a lot of other very valuable lessons.

• Professor Hyakken Uchida : Today is a special day... The day I finally become a genuine old geezer. Today is my 60th birthday. I've turned 60.

• Professor Hyakken Uchida : I'm remembering now the time when I turned 60 years old. At that time, I thought I'd become a genuine old geezer. But now that I'm 77, an auspicious age, I realize that when I was 60, I was nothing but a young punk. Now, at last, I'm a genuine old geezer for real.

• Professor Hyakken Uchida : Thank you.

  Takayama , Amaki , Kiriyama , Kiriyama , Sawamura , Tada , Kitamura , Ôta , Murayama : [singing]  We stand in awe, Of our teacher's kind favor, How quickly the years have passed, In this garden of learning, How quickly they've passed, The months and years...

• Professor Hyakken Uchida : Not yet.