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

Kanjūrō 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

See also

Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai

References

External links

Jidaigeki films

1970s Japanese films

Japanese historical drama films

1970s historical drama films

Films based on Japanese novels

Films scored by Yasushi Akutagawa

Films based on biographical novels

Nichiren (film)