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How the Bell of Liberty Rings
19541h 38m
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
- Hisatora Kumagai
- Writers
- Hisatora Kumagai,Dai Nishijima
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Cast

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Masujiro Ohmura

Chieko Higashiyama
Yukichi's Mother Ojun

Chieko Nakakita
Tau

Fuyuki Murakami
Yoshimasu Takahashi

Akira Takarada
Masuda Sotaro
Kuroemon Onoe II
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Shizuko Azuma
Yukichi's Wife Nishiki

Yoshiko Kayama
Eldest daughter Ichitaro
Masayuki Ohta
Second son: Sutejiro
Mitsuo Sugimoto
Yukichi's older brother Sannosuke
Yûko Togawa
sister-in-law

Toranosuke Ogawa
uncle

Eiko Miyoshi
aunt

Toshio Takahara
Shukichi Okamoto

Senkichi Ōmura
Seisaku Tezuka

Shōichi Hirose
Keisuke Ohtori
Yo Shiomi
Ogata Koan

Ren Yamamoto
Eiji Asabuki
Bin Moritsuka
Atsujiro Obata
Koji Suzuki
Obata Nizaburo

Daisuke Inoue
Nakagamigawa Hikojiro
Motohisa Nakashiro
Kazuma Yamagami
Tsuneo Katagiri
Kazuma's father, Judayu
Kôji Uno
Hattori Asanosuke
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Crew
Directing
- Hisatora KumagaiDirector
- Tsutomu NakamuraAssistant Director
Writing
- Hisatora KumagaiScreenplay
- Dai NishijimaScreenplay
Production
- Hisatora KumagaiProducer
- Ryōichi ItayaProduction Manager
Camera
- Yasuichiro YamazakiCamera Department Manager
Editing
- Shûichi AnbaraEditor
Sound
- Yoshinao NakadaMusic
- Wataru OnumaRecording Supervision
Art
- Keiji KitagawaArt Department Manager
Lighting
- Soichi YokoiLighting Manager