Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

(1958)

★ 7 IMDb · 1 votes

Year: 1958

Runtime: 145 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 渡辺邦男

Cast: 長谷川一夫, 市川雷蔵, 勝新太郎, 林成年, 梅若正二, 黒川弥太郎, 淡島千景, 叶順子, Ganjirô Nakamura I, 島田竜三

Plot

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?