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

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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