Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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 Mongol fleet reaches Japanese shores?

Director: Kunio Watanabe
Writers: Kunio Watanabe, Fuji Yahiro.

Release Date: 1958-10-01
Status: Released
Run time: 145 min / 2:25
Production Company : Daiei Film
Production Country: Japan

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	Kazuo Hasegawa as Nichiren
	Raizō Ichikawa as Hôjô Tokimune
	Shintarō Katsu as Shijo Kingo
	Naritoshi Hayashi as Nichirô
	Shoji Umewaka as Hiki Kojirô
	Yataro Kurokawa as Nisshô
	Chikage Awashima as Yoshino
	Junko Kano as Hagie
	Ganjirô Nakamura I as
	Ryūzō Shimada as
	Toshio Chiba as
	Yoichi Funaki as
	Bontarō Miake as
	Ryōsuke Kagawa as
	Shōsaku Sugiyama as
	Takashi Shimura as Yasaburô
	Shinobu Araki as
	Kōichi Katsuragi as
	Ryōnosuke Azuma as
	Shōzō Nanbu as
	Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka as
	Eigorō Onoe as
	Shintarō Nanjō as
	Sumao Ishihara as
	Hiroshi Ueda as
	Ichirō Amano as
	Kinya Ichikawa as
	Yasuhiko Shima as
	Kōichi Mizuhara as
	Yūsaku Terashima as
	Hideaki Kusayama as
	Tatsuo Hananuno as
	Sonosuke Sawamura as
	Mitsusaburō Ramon as
	Seishiro Hara as
	Sentarô Godai as
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Directing	Kunio Watanabe	Director
Production	Masaichi Nagata	Executive Producer
Writing	Kunio Watanabe	Screenplay
Writing	Fuji Yahiro	Screenplay
Camera	Takashi Watanabe	Director of Photography
Sound	Iwao Ōtani	Sound Recordist
Sound	Eiichi Yamada	Original Music Composer
Art	Yoshizo Uesato	Art Direction

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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