""""ExquisiteExtraordinarily Moving!"" -A.O. Scott The New York TimesConsidered to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all time Akira Kurosawa`s touching and final film Madadayo is the perfect ending to a lifetime of cinematic achievements.The film follows the last two decades in the life of Hyakken Uchida a writer and teacher who retires in the war years of the early 1940s. His students venerate him in his old age and join him and his family each year for a ritual birthday party asking ""Mahda-kai? (Are you ready?)"" to which Uchida downs a big glass of beer and answers ""Madadayo! (Not Yet!)"" acknowledging that death may be near but life still goes on.""