Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai

1958 Japanese film
  • October 1, 1958 (1958-10-01)[1]
Running time
145 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBudget¥500 million[2]Box office¥35.12 million[3]

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

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

Crew

Special effects

  • Yonesaburo Tsukiji - director[4]
  • Tōru Matoba[4]
  • Hiroshi Imai[4]
  • Yoshiyuki Kuroda - assistant director[4]

See also

  • Nichiren, The film was also produced by Masaichi Nagata in 1979.

References

  1. ^ (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch004150.htm accessed 4 January 2009
  2. ^ 『日本特撮・幻想映画全集』 勁文社、1997年、89頁。ISBN 4766927060。
  3. ^ 『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
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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

External links

  • Nichiren to mōko daishūrai at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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