Nichiren

Overview

An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment. Because of his devout belief, Nichiren is met with opposition throught his travels, with life on the line, can Nichiren accomplish his goal?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 10, 1979

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Nagata Productions

Cast

Keiko Matsuzaka,Kyôko Kishida,Kinnosuke Nakamura,Katsuo Nakamura,Takahiro Tamura,Matagoro Nakamura III,Hiroki Matsukata,Tetsuro Tamba,Toshiyuki Nagashima,Kunie Tanaka

Director

Noboru Nakamura

Writer

Noboru Nakamura

Music

Yasushi Akutagawa

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0198828