How the Bell of Liberty Rings (1954)
1h 38m
Running Time
June 1, 1954Release Date

How the Bell of Liberty Rings (1954)
1h 38m
Running Time
June 1, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Masujiro Ohmura

Chieko Higashiyama
Yukichi's Mother Ojun

Chieko Nakakita
Tau

Fuyuki Murakami
Yoshimasu Takahashi

Akira Takarada
Masuda Sotaro

Kurôemon Onoe
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

Sachio Sakai
Kenichiro Hamamura

Okayu Taka
Katase Kingo

Michio Sakurai
Kanjuro Tsukada

Akira Yamada
Satoshi Nomura

Tatsuo Sakurai
Ichijou Makoto

Akira Tani
Woodcutter

Maki Soukichi
Yamamoto Monojiro

Ichirō Chiba
Gorobei Hattori

Ichirō Tate
Okuhira Iki

Kiyoshi Kamoda
Kuwana Guma

Ren Imaizumi
Samurai Mizushima

Katao Kawasaki
Tool Shop

Takeshi Katō
Ronin on the ship

Takamaru Sasaki
Samurai passing each other

Mitsue Tachibana
geisha

Masako Nijo
Omitsu

Hisatora Kumagai
Director / Screenplay / Producer

Dai Nishijima
Screenplay

Yoshinao Nakada
Music

Yasuichiro Yamazaki
Camera Department Manager

Soichi Yokoi
Lighting Manager

Wataru Onuma
Recording Supervision

Shûichi Anbara
Editor

Tsutomu Nakamura
Assistant Director

Ryôichi Itaya
Production Manager
