Hyakken Uchida(内田 百間Uchida Hyakken, May 29, 1889—April 20, 1971) was a Japanese author and academic. He was born in Okayama, to a family of sake brewers whose business later went bankrupt. His real name is Eizo Uchida (内田 榮造 Uchida Eizo). He became a pupil of Natsume Sōseki in 1911. He graduated from Tokyo University (Tokyo Imperial University) in 1914. He became professor of German at Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1916. He later taught at Hosei University (Tokyo). He is the main subject of Akira Kurosawa's last film, Madadayo(まあだだよ). His novel, Disk of Sarasate(サラサーテの盤Sarasāte no ban) is the inspiration for the film, Zigeunerweisen. He is the author of more than fifteen volumes of writings including I am a Cat: The Fake Version(贋作吾輩は猫であるGansaku wagahai ha neko de aru), and Gates Close