Synopsis

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)

During the 1200’s, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mogol fleet reaches Japanese shores?
Kunio Watanabe
Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizō Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu, Naritoshi Hayashi, Shoji Umewaka, Yataro Kurokawa, Chikage Awashima, Junko Kano, Ganjirô Nakamura I, Ryûzô Shimada, Toshio Chiba, Yoichi Funaki, Bontarō Miake, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Shôsaku Sugiyama, Takashi Shimura, Shinobu Araki, Kōichi Katsuragi, Ryônosuke Azuma, Shōzō Nanbu, Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka, Eigorô Onoe, Shintarō Nanjō, Sumao Ishihara, Hiroshi Ueda, Ichirô Amano, Kinya Ichikawa, Yasuhiko Shima, Kōichi Mizuhara, Yūsaku Terashima, Hideaki Kusayama, Tatsuo Hananuno, Sonosuke Sawamura, Mitsusaburō Ramon, Seishirō Hara, Sentarô Godai, Saburo Date
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