Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
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?
Release Date
October 1, 1958Runtime
145 minDirected by
Kunio WatanabeScreenplay by
Kunio Watanabe, Fuji YahiroLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Kazuo Hasegawa
NichirenRaizō Ichikawa
Hôjô TokimuneShintarō Katsu
Shijo KingoNaritoshi Hayashi
NichirôShoji Umewaka
Hiki KojirôYataro Kurokawa
NisshôChikage Awashima
YoshinoJunko Kano
HagieRyûzô Shimada
Bontarō Miake
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Takashi Shimura
YasaburôKōichi Katsuragi
Shōzō Nanbu
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Eigorō Onoe
Shintarō Nanjō
Kōichi Mizuhara
Yūsaku Terashima
Sonosuke Sawamura
Saburo Date