Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
TAKAMINE アメリカに桜を咲かせた男
Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America at SFlix. 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.
- Genre: History
- Country: Japan
- Director: Toru Ichikawa
- 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, Eiji Inoue,
