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
Saburo Date
Bontarō Miake
Raizō Ichikawa
as Hôjô Tokimune
Shintarō Katsu
as Shijo Kingo
Shōzō Nanbu
Shoji Umewaka
as Hiki Kojirô
Chikage Awashima
as Yoshino
Kōichi Katsuragi
Kōichi Mizuhara
Yataro Kurokawa
as Nisshô
Junko Kano
as Hagie
Takashi Shimura
as Yasaburô
Naritoshi Hayashi
as Nichirô
Ryūzō Shimada
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Kazuo Hasegawa
as Nichiren
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Eigorō Onoe
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shintarō Nanjō
Yūsaku Terashima
