Rennyo and His Mother (1981)
- Original title
- 蓮如とその母
- Directed by
- Kihachiro Kawamoto
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A six year old boy is told by his mother that he must revive a Buddhist school. She then disappears, and he devotes his life to fulfilling her call.
meditativesolemnbittersweetdevotionalresolutequietly dramaticcontemplative
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