| Nichiren | |
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| Directed by | Noboru Nakamura |
| Screenplay by | Noboru Nakamura |
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| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | Kinnosuke Yorozuya |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Takemura |
| Edited by | Zen Ikeda |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Production company | Masakazu Nagata Production |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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| Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.
Cast
- Kinnosuke Yorozuya as Nichiren
- Kyoko Kishida as Mother of Nichiren
- Takahiro Tamura as Father of Nichiren
- Katsuo Nakamura as Nisshō
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Nikkō Shōnin
- Kō Nishimura as Abutsu
- Harue Akagi as Wife of Abutsu
- Shinsuke Mikimoto as Nanbu Sanenaga
- Hideo Kanze as Hiki Yoshimoto
- Kunie Tanaka as Gyōdō
- Shinjirō Ehara as Kudo Yoshitaka
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Wife of Kudo Yoshitaka
- Tetsurō Tamba as Nichijō
- Yoko Nogiwa as Wife of Nichijō
- Goro Ibuki as Shijo Kingo
- Asao Koike as Tōjō Kagenobu
- Rinichi Yamamoto as Ichi Shigenao
- Takeshi Kato as Yozaburō
- Kimiko Ikegami as Daughter of Yozaburō
- Kanjūrō Arashi as Shogaki
- Hideji Ōtaki as Dōzen
- Sakae Umezu as Ninshō
- Asao Sano as Yadoya Mitsunori
- Akiji Kobayashi as Lanxi Daolong
- Ichirō Nakatani as Taira no Yoritsuna
- Ryosuke Kagawa as Hōjō Masamura
- Hiroki Matsukata as Hōjō Tokimune
- Ichikawa Somegorō VI as Hōjō Tokiyori
See also
References
- ^ "日蓮". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "日蓮". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "日蓮". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "中村 登". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 December 2021.
External links
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