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Cast
Eitarō Ozawa
as Ōkuma Shigenob
Shizue Natsukawa
as Wife Ayako
Yūnosuke Itō
as Koganei Daisuke
Ryutaro Otomo
as Suginoe Kōji
Eijirō Tōno
as Guest Nomura
Kinzō Shin
as Ono Azusa (1884)
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Takada Sanae (1884)
Shin Tokudaiji
as Kurishima Tsuneki, assassin
Hisako Yamane
as Marie
Shūji Sano
as Namishima Gen'ichi
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1953
Runtime—
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
Genres—
Votes—
DirectorKiyoshi Saeki
WritersToshio Yasumi, Shiro Ozaki
TypeFeature Film
RatingNot rated yet
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsWaseda University
About Waseda University
In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his personal fortune into establishing the Tokyo Professional School in a tea field in Waseda Village. With seven professors, including Takada Sanae and Tsubouchi Yūzō, and eighty-seven students, government interference extended even to finances; Ono Azusa, who tirelessly worked to secure funding, died from overwork.
Directed by Kiyoshi Saeki, Waseda University leans on a strong ensemble — Eitarō Ozawa, Shizue Natsukawa, Yūnosuke Itō — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1953.
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