Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
日蓮と蒙古大襲来
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion On Soap2Day. 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 Mogol fleet reaches Japanese shores?
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- Country: Japan
- Director: Kunio Watanabe
- Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizō Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu, Naritoshi Hayashi, Shoji Umewaka, Yataro Kurokawa, Chikage Awashima, Junko Kano, Ganjirô Nakamura I, Ryûzô Shimada, Toshio Chiba, Yoichi Funaki, Bontarō Miake, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Shōsaku Sugiyama, Takashi Shimura, Shinobu Araki, Kōichi Katsuragi, Ryōnosuke Azuma, Shōzō Nanbu, Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka,