Nichiren (film)

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
• KanjÅ«rō 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

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