Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi

Fukuzawa Yukichi

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1991•123 min•Drama
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Kyôhei Shibata
Kyôhei Shibata
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Takaaki Enoki
Takaaki Enoki
Toru Nakamura
Toru Nakamura
Yoko Minamino
Yoko Minamino
Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura
Hiroshi Katsuno
Hiroshi Katsuno
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.
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