Film
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958Directed by Kunio Watanabe
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
About Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Synopsis
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mongol fleet reaches Japanese shores?
- Director
- Kunio Watanabe
- Writers
- Fuji Yahiro
- Kunio Watanabe
- Original title
- 日蓮と蒙古大襲来
