Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America

Name: Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
Director: Tōru Ichikawa
Genre: History
Released: 2011-05-16
Cast: Saburo Shinoda, Misato Tanaka, Rie Shibata, Hatsunori Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Watanabe

Original title: TAKAMINE アメリカに桜を咲かせた男

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Synopsis

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.