How the Bell of Liberty Rings

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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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Masujiro Ohmura

Chieko Higashiyama

Yukichi's Mother Ojun

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

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

Masako Nijo

Omitsu

Art

Keiji Kitagawa

Art Department Manager

Camera

Yasuichiro Yamazaki

Camera Department Manager

Directing

Tsutomu Nakamura

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Soichi Yokoi

Lighting Manager

Production

Ryôichi Itaya

Production Manager

Sound

Wataru Onuma

Recording Supervision

Writing

Hisatora Kumagai

Screenplay

Dai Nishijima

Screenplay