Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America

05/16/2011

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1hr 45min

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History

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Saburo Shinoda
  • Misato Tanaka
  • Rie Shibata
  • Hatsunori Hasegawa
  • Hiroyuki Watanabe

    Director

  • Toru Ichikawa

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese