Mandala: Kobo Daishi Kukai in His Youth (1991)
曼荼羅 若き日の弘法大師・空海
A historical drama depicting the youth of Japanese Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher, Kūkai, also known as Kōbō Daishi, as he travels to China's Tang Dynasty to study under Huiguo.
- Date of release
- 1991-12-14
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Teng Wenji
Casting
- Toshiyuki Nagashima — Kukai
- Junko Sakurada — Kimusume
- Ryo Tengu — Kotsuchi
- Ayako Kuribayashi — Coconut
- Kawarazaki Kenzo — Ambassador
- Kai Daisaku — Bharamon
- Jiang Lili — Gu Yan
- Chang Fongyi — Dongtian
- Duan Yu — Xianghui
- Etsushi Takahashi — Unknown
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