How the Bell of Liberty Rings (1954) featured a cast of 41 tracked actors. Of these, 3 (12%) are still alive today and 22 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Ichirō Chiba, age 97. This film starred Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi and Chieko Higashiyama.
12% still with us· verified cast8% of full cast · incl. 15 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 12% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 75.9 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast41 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1954 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Masujiro Ohmura | Masujiro Ohmura | Deceased | 20/11/1917 | 52 | 28/01/1970 | 37 |
 Chieko Higashiyama Yukichi's Mother Ojun | Yukichi's Mother Ojun | Deceased | 30/09/1890 | 89 | 08/05/1980 | 64 |
| Tau | Deceased | 21/05/1926 | 79 | 13/09/2005 | 28 | |
 Fuyuki Murakami Yoshimasu Takahashi | Yoshimasu Takahashi | Deceased | 23/12/1911 | 95 | 05/04/2007 | 43 |
 Akira Takarada Masuda Sotaro | Masuda Sotaro | Deceased | 29/04/1934 | 87 | 14/03/2022 | 20 |
Kurôemon Onoe Yukichi Fukuzawa | Yukichi Fukuzawa | Deceased | 22/01/1922 | 82 | 28/03/2004 | 32 |
Shizuko Azuma Yukichi's Wife Nishiki | Yukichi's Wife Nishiki | Living | 22/08/1930 | 96 | — | 24 |
 Yoshiko Kayama Eldest daughter Ichitaro | Eldest daughter Ichitaro | Living | 01/01/1944 | 82 | — | 10 |
Masayuki Ohta Second son: Sutejiro | Second son: Sutejiro | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Mitsuo Sugimoto Yukichi's older brother Sannosuke | Yukichi's older brother Sannosuke | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yûko Togawa sister-in-law | sister-in-law | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Toranosuke Ogawa uncle | uncle | Deceased | 01/12/1897 | 70 | 29/12/1967 | 57 |
 Eiko Miyoshi aunt | aunt | Deceased | 08/04/1894 | 69 | 28/07/1963 | 60 |
 Toshio Takahara Shukichi Okamoto | Shukichi Okamoto | Deceased | 01/05/1923 | 76 | 26/02/2000 | 31 |
 Senkichi Ōmura Seisaku Tezuka | Seisaku Tezuka | Deceased | 27/04/1922 | 69 | 24/11/1991 | 32 |
 Shōichi Hirose Keisuke Ohtori | Keisuke Ohtori | Deceased | 23/06/1918 | 79 | 20/06/1998 | 36 |
 Yo Shiomi Ogata Koan | Ogata Koan | Deceased | 07/07/1895 | 68 | 01/07/1964 | 59 |
 Ren Yamamoto Eiji Asabuki | Eiji Asabuki | Deceased | 12/05/1930 | 75 | 17/06/2005 | 24 |
Bin Moritsuka Atsujiro Obata | Atsujiro Obata | Deceased | 01/10/1926 | 79 | 19/06/2006 | 28 |
Koji Suzuki Obata Nizaburo | Obata Nizaburo | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Daisuke Inoue Nakagamigawa Hikojiro | Nakagamigawa Hikojiro | Deceased | 13/09/1941 | 58 | 30/05/2000 | 13 |
Motohisa Nakashiro Kazuma Yamagami | Kazuma Yamagami | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Tsuneo Katagiri Kazuma's father, Judayu | Kazuma's father, Judayu | Presumed Deceased | 05/05/1896 | 130 | — | 58 |
 Kôji Uno Hattori Asanosuke | Hattori Asanosuke | Deceased | 21/04/1924 | 79 | 28/07/2003 | 30 |
 Sachio Sakai Kenichiro Hamamura | Kenichiro Hamamura | Deceased | 08/09/1925 | 72 | 11/03/1998 | 29 |
Okayu Taka Katase Kingo | Katase Kingo | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Michio Sakurai Kanjuro Tsukada | Kanjuro Tsukada | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Akira Yamada Satoshi Nomura | Satoshi Nomura | Deceased | 13/09/1932 | 70 | 27/02/2003 | 22 |
Tatsuo Sakurai Ichijou Makoto | Ichijou Makoto | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Akira Tani Woodcutter | Woodcutter | Deceased | 22/09/1910 | 55 | 11/08/1966 | 44 |
Maki Soukichi Yamamoto Monojiro | Yamamoto Monojiro | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Ichirō Chiba Gorobei Hattori | Gorobei Hattori | Living | 30/07/1929 | 97 | — | 25 |
Ichirō Tate Okuhira Iki | Okuhira Iki | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Kiyoshi Kamoda Kuwana Guma | Kuwana Guma | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ren Imaizumi Samurai Mizushima | Samurai Mizushima | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Katao Kawasaki Tool Shop | Tool Shop | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Takeshi Katō Ronin on the ship | Ronin on the ship | Deceased | 24/05/1929 | 86 | 31/07/2015 | 25 |
 Takamaru Sasaki Samurai passing each other | Samurai passing each other | Deceased | 30/01/1898 | 88 | 28/12/1986 | 56 |
 Mitsue Tachibana geisha | geisha | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Masako Nijo Omitsu | Omitsu | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Tatsuya Nakadai (uncredited) | (uncredited) | Deceased | 13/12/1932 | 92 | 08/11/2025 | 22 |
