Movie · 1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Released 1 June 1954 98 min Drama / History More from 1954 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Chieko Higashiyama
as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
Eiko Miyoshi
as aunt
Toranosuke Ogawa
as uncle
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Masujiro Ohmura
Kurôemon Onoe
as Yukichi Fukuzawa
Senkichi Ōmura
as Seisaku Tezuka
Toshio Takahara
as Shukichi Okamoto
Chieko Nakakita
as Tau
Takeshi Katō
as Ronin on the ship
Shizuko Azuma
as Yukichi's Wife Nishiki
Tatsuya Nakadai
as (uncredited)
Akira Takarada
as Masuda Sotaro
Yoshiko Kayama
as Eldest daughter Ichitaro
Fuyuki Murakami
as Yoshimasu Takahashi
Masayuki Ohta
as Second son: Sutejiro
Mitsuo Sugimoto
as Yukichi's older brother Sannosuke
Yûko Togawa
as sister-in-law
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The numbers
53years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Chieko Higashiyama — oldest on the call sheet
10Yoshiko Kayama — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast