Nichiren (1979)
日蓮
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?
- Date of release
- 1979-03-10
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Noboru Nakamura
Casting
- Kinnosuke Nakamura
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Keiko Matsuzaka
- Takahiro Tamura
- Kunie Tanaka
- Katsuo Nakamura
- Matagoro Nakamura III
- Kyôko Kishida
- Hiroki Matsukata
- Toshiyuki Nagashima
Interesting facts
Nichiren is a 1979 Japanese historical drama film written and directed by Noboru Nakamura. Based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel of the same name, the film chronicles the life of Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kamakura period. It was the last film Nakamura directed.
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