How the Bell of Liberty Rings (1954)
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.
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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
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