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How the Bell of Liberty Rings

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1954-06-01
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Studios: TOHO,


Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English. Despite facing opposition from his family and nationalist factions, he founds Keio University, becoming a key figure in Japan's modernization amid political turmoil.

Director / Directors

Tsutomu Nakamura
Assistant Director


Cast

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Character: Masujiro Ohmura
Chieko Higashiyama
Character: Yukichi's Mother Ojun
Chieko Nakakita
Character: Tau

Fuyuki Murakami
Character: Yoshimasu Takahashi
Akira Takarada
Character: Masuda Sotaro
Kurôemon Onoe
Character: Yukichi Fukuzawa

Shizuko Azuma
Character: Yukichi's Wife Nishiki
Yoshiko Kayama
Character: Eldest daughter Ichitaro
Masayuki Ohta
Character: Second son: Sutejiro

Mitsuo Sugimoto
Character: Yukichi's older brother Sannosuke
Yûko Togawa
Character: sister-in-law
Toranosuke Ogawa
Character: uncle

Eiko Miyoshi
Character: aunt
Toshio Takahara
Character: Shukichi Okamoto
Senkichi Ōmura
Character: Seisaku Tezuka

Shōichi Hirose
Character: Keisuke Ohtori
Yo Shiomi
Character: Ogata Koan
Ren Yamamoto
Character: Eiji Asabuki

Bin Moritsuka
Character: Atsujiro Obata
Koji Suzuki
Character: Obata Nizaburo
Daisuke Inoue
Character: Nakagamigawa Hikojiro

Motohisa Nakashiro
Character: Kazuma Yamagami
Tsuneo Katagiri
Character: Kazuma's father, Judayu
Kôji Uno
Character: Hattori Asanosuke

Sachio Sakai
Character: Kenichiro Hamamura
Okayu Taka
Character: Katase Kingo
Michio Sakurai
Character: Kanjuro Tsukada

Akira Yamada
Character: Satoshi Nomura
Tatsuo Sakurai
Character: Ichijou Makoto
Akira Tani
Character: Woodcutter

Maki Soukichi
Character: Yamamoto Monojiro
Ichirō Chiba
Character: Gorobei Hattori
Ichirō Tate
Character: Okuhira Iki

Kiyoshi Kamoda
Character: Kuwana Guma
Ren Imaizumi
Character: Samurai Mizushima
Katao Kawasaki
Character: Tool Shop

Takeshi Katō
Character: Ronin on the ship
Takamaru Sasaki
Character: Samurai passing each other
Mitsue Tachibana
Character: geisha

Masako Nijo
Character: Omitsu


Production and Crew

Dai Nishijima
Screenplay

Yasuichiro Yamazaki
Camera Department Manager
Soichi Yokoi
Lighting Manager
Wataru Onuma
Recording Supervision

Ryôichi Itaya
Production Manager

Keiji Kitagawa
Art Department Manager