Shinran, Part II
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, was placed in a monastary on Mount Hiei when still a child. He did not come down for twenty years, when his wanderings begin as he spreads his ideas for achieving enlightenment through the Pure Land sutra. Because his teachings contradict the powerful Tendai sect, he comes to grief with the government, his followers persecuted, himself exiled to far coastal Echigo where he married & began raising a family but soonafter was wandering & teaching again. He lived to be ninety.
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Kinnosuke Nakamura
Known for
Goyokin
Katsuo Nakamura
Known for
Demons
Steamboy
Minoru Chiaki
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Koreya Senda
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Battle in Outer Space
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Kunio Kaga
Also in
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.10: Demon Naruto
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Michiyo Kogure
Known for
Drunken Angel
A Geisha
Masao Oda
Known for
An Autumn Afternoon
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Eiji Okada
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Satomi Oka
Also in
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
13 Assassins
Shin Tokudaiji
Also in
The Masseurs and a Woman
Morning for the Osone Family
Tomotaka Tasaka Director · Masashige Narusawa Screenplay Eiji Yoshikawa Author
First release September 27, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title 続親鸞
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Toei Company
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Japan
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Original title
続親鸞
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 27, 1960
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No release date listed for United States.
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