Madadayo
E424013
Madadayo is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that poignantly portrays the later years of a beloved professor and his enduring bond with former students.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madadayo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245839 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madadayo Context triple: [Akira Kurosawa, notableWork, Madadayo]
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A.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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B.
Dejima
Dejima was a small artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as the Dutch trading post and Japan’s primary window to the Western world during its period of national isolation (sakoku).
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C.
Sayonara
"Sayonara" is a 1957 romantic drama film set during the Korean War, best known for starring Marlon Brando and addressing interracial relationships and prejudice.
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D.
Manfalut
Manfalut is a city in Upper Egypt known as an agricultural and commercial center within the Asyut region along the Nile.
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E.
Mihna
The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madadayo Target entity description: Madadayo is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that poignantly portrays the later years of a beloved professor and his enduring bond with former students.
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A.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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B.
Dejima
Dejima was a small artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as the Dutch trading post and Japan’s primary window to the Western world during its period of national isolation (sakoku).
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C.
Sayonara
"Sayonara" is a 1957 romantic drama film set during the Korean War, best known for starring Marlon Brando and addressing interracial relationships and prejudice.
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D.
Manfalut
Manfalut is a city in Upper Egypt known as an agricultural and commercial center within the Asyut region along the Nile.
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E.
Mihna
The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Not Yet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | writings of Hyakken Uchida ⓘ |
| castMember |
Akira Terao
NERFINISHED
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Hisashi Igawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyōko Kagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Masayuki Yui NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobuko Otowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatsuo Matsumura NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshie Negishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Shōji Ueda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Takao Saitō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedByWorkInDirectorFilmography | none (last completed film by Akira Kurosawa) ⓘ |
| followsWorkInDirectorFilmography | Rhapsody in August NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Professor Hyakken Uchida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Shin’ichirō Ikebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
later years of a professor
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relationship between professor and former students ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| producer | Hisao Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Kurosawa Production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| releaseDateInJapan | 1993-04-17 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | 1993 Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtime | 134 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
World War II era
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postwar Japan ⓘ |
| setting | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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gratitude ⓘ loyalty ⓘ resilience after war ⓘ teacher–student relationship ⓘ |
| title | Madadayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madadayo Description of subject: Madadayo is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that poignantly portrays the later years of a beloved professor and his enduring bond with former students.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.