The Passage to Japan
1991·Japan·123 min.
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Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more global one. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan.
DirectorShinichirô Sawai
MusicJoe Hisaishi
CinematographySeizô Sengen
CastKyôhei Shibata·Takaaki Enoki·Tôru Nakamura·Yôko Minamino·Mayumi Wakamura·Sho Aikawa·Hiroshi Katsuno·Yoshimi Ashikawa·Tetsuya Fujita·Shôhei Hino·Kojiro Kusanagi·Hisamitsu Nakamura·Hironobu Nomura·Mizuho SuzukiShow all
Original titleFukuzawa Yukichi