Nichiren (1979)

Original title

日蓮

Directed by

Noboru Nakamura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 21m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film follows the life of Nichiren, a Buddhist monk in medieval Japan. It shows his teachings and the challenges he faced.

historicalepicspiritualseriousdevotionalbiographicalcontemplativedeliberate

What happens

Nichiren (Japanese: 日蓮) is a 1979 Japanese historical drama film written and directed by Noboru Nakamura. Based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel of the same name, the film chronicles the life of Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kamakura period. It was the last film Nakamura directed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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