1958 Japanese film
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Kunio Watanabe |
Written by | Fuji Yahiro Kunio Watanabe |
Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa |
Cinematography | Takashi Watanabe |
Edited by | Miyata Mitsuzo |
Music by | Eiichi Yamada |
Production company | Daiei Film |
Distributed by | Daiei |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Budget | ¥500 million |
Box office | ¥35.12 million |
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (日蓮と蒙古大襲来, Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai) is a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Plot
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Nichiren, a famous Japanese Buddhist monk who returns from his studies to create a new form of Buddhism in preparation for fighting the Mongol invaders during the 1200s. A Buddhist sect and their government supporters target him and he is persecuted for it. Will Nichiren be able to survive before the Mongols threaten Japanese shores?
Cast
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Nichiren
- Raizo Ichikawa
- Shintaro Katsu
- Narutoshi Hayashi
- Shoji Umewaka
- Yatarō Kurokawa
- Takashi Shimura
Crew
Special effects
- Yonesaburo Tsukiji - director
- Tōru Matoba
- Hiroshi Imai
- Yoshiyuki Kuroda - assistant director
See also
- Nichiren, The film was also produced by Masaichi Nagata in 1979.
References
- (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch004150.htm accessed 4 January 2009
- 『日本特撮・幻想映画全集』 勁文社、1997年、89頁。ISBN 4766927060。
- 『キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011』(キネマ旬報社、2012年)148頁
- ^ allcinema, 映画 日蓮と蒙古大襲来 (1958)について 映画データベース - allcinema (in Japanese), retrieved 6 August 2021
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