How the Bell of Liberty Rings poster

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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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
53years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Chieko Higashiyama — oldest on the call sheet
10Yoshiko Kayama — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast
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