is a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

Plot

Nichiren Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Nichiren declared that the Lotus Sutra alone contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings suited for the Third Age of B ...

, 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

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* Shintaro Katsu * Narutoshi Hayashi *

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* Takashi Shimura

Crew

Special effects

Yonesaburo Tsukiji was a Japanese special effects director who worked on eleven films in a career spanning twenty-one years. Tsukiji co-designed Gamera with Masao Yagi, Noriaki Yuasa, and Akira Inoue. Biography Early life Tsukiji was born on September 5, 1923 ...

- director * Tōru Matoba * Hiroshi Imai * Yoshiyuki Kuroda - assistant director

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