Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (日蓮と蒙古大襲来, Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai) is a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Kunio Watanabe. This and the 1979 film Nichiren were produced by Masaichi Nagata for his devotion to Nichiren and the Nichiren-shū.[4][5]
Plot
Nichiren, a famous Japanese Buddhist monk who returns from his studies to create a new form of Buddhism in preparation for fighting the Mongol invaders during the 1200s. A Buddhist sect and their government supporters target him and he is persecuted for it. Will Nichiren be able to survive before the Mongols threaten Japanese shores?
Cast
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Nichiren[6]
- Raizo Ichikawa[6]
- Shintaro Katsu[6]
- Narutoshi Hayashi[6]
- Shoji Umewaka[6]
- Yatarō Kurokawa[6]
- Takashi Shimura[6]
Crew
Special effects
- Yonesaburo Tsukiji - director[6]
- Tōru Matoba[6]
- Hiroshi Imai[6]
- Yoshiyuki Kuroda - assistant director[6]
See also
- Nichiren, The film was also produced by Masaichi Nagata in 1979.
References
- ^ (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch004150.htm accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ 『日本特撮・幻想映画全集』 勁文社、1997年、89頁。ISBN 4766927060。
- ^ 『キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011』（キネマ旬報社、2012年）148頁
- ^ Keibunsha (jp) , 1997, 日本特撮・幻想映画全集 p.255
- ^ Yomiuri Shimbunsha (jp), 1978, Yomiuri Weekly (jp), Vol. September 3, 1978, p.15, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k allcinema, 映画 日蓮と蒙古大襲来 (1958)について 映画データベース - allcinema (in Japanese), retrieved 6 August 2021
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