Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America

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Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America (2011)

Directed by Tōru Ichikawa

History · 1h 45m

Takamine is a biopic about Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the late biochemist known for successfully crystallizing and isolating adrenaline, which is also called epinephrine. Dubbed the father of modern biotechnology, Takamine also produced Takadiastase, a digestive enzyme still used as an ingredient in medicines. He was also enthusiastic about establishing friendly relations between Japan and the United States. He was responsible for a gift of 3,000 cherry trees in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.

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Cast

Saburo Shinoda Misato Tanaka Rie Shibata Hatsunori Hasegawa Hiroyuki Watanabe Sachiko Kokubu Naomasa Musaka Takuji Kawakubo Naomi Grace Hidetoshi Imura Masami Kosaka TJ Kayama

Crew

Director
Tōru Ichikawa
Writer
Kumiko Kobayashi, Koyumi Ota, Keiichi Hasegawa

Details

Original title
TAKAMINE アメリカに桜を咲かせた男
Release date
2011-05-16
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
History
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan