
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
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?
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
October 1, 1958
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Cast (37)

Kazuo Hasegawa
Nichiren

Raizō Ichikawa
Hôjô Tokimune

Shintarō Katsu
Shijo Kingo

Naritoshi Hayashi
Nichirô

Shoji Umewaka
Hiki Kojirô

Yataro Kurokawa
Nisshô

Chikage Awashima
Yoshino

Junko Kano
Hagie

Ryūzō Shimada
N/A

Toshio Chiba
N/A

Yoichi Funaki
N/A

Bontarō Miake
N/A

Ryōsuke Kagawa
N/A

Shōsaku Sugiyama
N/A

Takashi Shimura
Yasaburô

Shinobu Araki
N/A

Kōichi Katsuragi
N/A

Ryōnosuke Azuma
N/A

Shōzō Nanbu
N/A

Eigorō Onoe
N/A

Shintarō Nanjō
N/A

Sumao Ishihara
N/A

Hiroshi Ueda
N/A

Ichirō Amano
N/A

Kinya Ichikawa
N/A

Yasuhiko Shima
N/A

Kōichi Mizuhara
N/A

Yūsaku Terashima
N/A

Hideaki Kusayama
N/A

Tatsuo Hananuno
N/A

Seishirō Hara
N/A

Sentarô Godai
N/A

Saburo Date
N/A
Crew (8)
Directing

Kunio Watanabe
Director
Writing

Fuji Yahiro
Screenplay

Kunio Watanabe
Screenplay
Production

Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer
Sound

Eiichi Yamada
Original Music Composer

Iwao Ōtani
Sound Recordist
Art

Yoshizo Uesato
Art Direction
Camera

Takashi Watanabe
Director of Photography