Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
日蓮と蒙古大襲来
Release: 1958-10-01
·Runtime: 145m
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?
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Cast
Sonosuke Sawamura
Shintarō Katsu
as Shijo Kingo
Yataro Kurokawa
as Nisshô
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Raizō Ichikawa
as Hôjô Tokimune
Ryūzō Shimada
Bontarō Miake
Yūsaku Terashima
Kōichi Mizuhara
Shoji Umewaka
as Hiki Kojirô
Junko Kano
as Hagie
Takashi Shimura
as Yasaburô
Saburo Date
Naritoshi Hayashi
as Nichirô
Shintarō Nanjō
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Eigorō Onoe
Kazuo Hasegawa
as Nichiren
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Shōzō Nanbu
Chikage Awashima
as Yoshino
Kōichi Katsuragi
