Nichiren (Japanese: 日蓮) is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. Produced by Masaichi Nagata[1][2][3] Based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel. The film chronicles the life of Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kamakura period, Nichiren.[4][5] Nichiren is the final film Noboru Nakamura directed.[6]
| Nichiren | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Noboru Nakamura |
| Screenplay by | Noboru Nakamura |
| Based on | Matsutarō Kawaguchi's Nichiren |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
CastEdit
- Kinnosuke Yorozuya : Nichiren
- Kyoko Kishida : Mother of Nichiren
- Takahiro Tamura : Father of Nichiren
- Katsuo Nakamura : Nisshō
- Toshiyuki Nagashima : Nikkō Shōnin
- Kō Nishimura : Abutsu
- Harue Akagi : Wife of Abutsu
- Shinsuke Mikimoto : Nanbu Sanenaga
- Hideo Kanze : Hiki Yoshimoto
- Kunie Tanaka : Gyōdō
- Shinjirō Ehara : Kudo Yoshitaka
- Keiko Matsuzaka : Wife of Kudo Yoshitaka
- Tetsuro Tamba : Nichijō
- Yoko Nogiwa : Wife of Nichijō
- Goro Ibuki : Shijo Kingo
- Asao Koike : Tōjō Kagenobu
- Rinichi Yamamoto : Ichi Shigenao
- Takeshi Kato : Yozaburō
- Kimiko Ikegami : Daughter of Yozaburō
- Kanjūrō Arashi : Shogaki
- Hideji Ōtaki : Dōzen
- Sakae Umezu : Ninshō
- Asao Sano : Yadoya Mitsunori
- Akiji Kobayashi : Lanxi Daolong
- Ichirō Nakatani : Taira no Yoritsuna
- Ryosuke Kagawa : Hōjō Masamura
- Hiroki Matsukata : Hōjō Tokimune
- Ichikawa Somegorō VI : Hōjō Tokiyori
See alsoEdit
- Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai The film was also produced by Masaichi Nagata in 1958.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "日蓮". Agency for Cultural Affairs日本映画. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "日蓮". Pia. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "日蓮". 時代劇専門. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "日蓮". WOWOWO. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "日蓮". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "20世紀日本人名事典「中村 登」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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