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Nichiren to Mko Daishrai
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
| image = Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Kunio Watanabe
| producer = Masaichi Nagata
| writer = Fuji Yahiro
Kunio Watanabe
| starring = Kazuo Hasegawa
| music = Eiichi Yamada
| cinematography = Takashi Watanabe
| editing = Miyata Mitsuzo
| studio = Daiei Film
| distributor = Daiei
| released =
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget = 500 million 199789ISBN 4766927060
| gross = 35.12 million85 1924-20112012148
}}
is a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Plot
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
* Yatar Kurokawa
* Takashi Shimura
Crew
Special effects
* Yonesaburo Tsukiji - director
* Tru Matoba
* Hiroshi Imai
* Yoshiyuki Kuroda - assistant director
See also
*'Nichiren', The film was also produced by Masaichi Nagata in 1979.
References
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