Prince Shōtoku (2001)
聖徳太子
In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Prince Shotoku, second son of Emperor Yomei, strived to create a new nation out of this chaos. NHK captures this great man from a time in history rarely depicted on screen, in a story of epic proportions.
- Date of release
- 2001-11-10
- Runtime
- 3h 0m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Mikio Sato
Casting
- Masahiro Motoki — Prince Shōtoku
- Miki Nakatani — Tojiko no iratsume
- Akira Takarada — Prince Anahobe
- Sul Kyung-gu — Yi Jin
- Ken Ogata — Soga no Umako
- Keiko Matsuzaka — Empress Suiko
- Masaya Katō — Emperor Sushun
- Masaomi Kondo — Emperor Yōmei
- Akira Takarada — Mononobe no Moriya
- Jun Kunimura — Hata no Kawakatsu
- Sabu Kawahara — Otomo Kui
- Koji Imada — Ono no Imoko
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