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Shinran, Part II
Shinran, Part II

Shinran, Part II

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

127 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

27 September 1960

Country

Japan

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Michiyo Kogure

Michiyo Kogure

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Satomi Oka

Satomi Oka

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

Kenji Susukida

Kenji Susukida

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Sonosuke Sawamura

Sonosuke Sawamura

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Eijirō Kataoka

Eijirō Kataoka

Sentarō Fushimi

Sentarō Fushimi

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Koinosuke Onoe

Koinosuke Onoe

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

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