How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
98 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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