Release Date

27 Sep, 1960

Runtime

02:07: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

続親鸞

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Actors

萬屋錦之介

中村嘉葎雄

千秋実

月形龍之介

大河内傳次郎

千田是也

加賀邦男

木暮実千代

織田政雄

岡田英次

丘さとみ

徳大寺伸

薄田研二

平幹二朗

吉田義夫

香川良介

小沢栄太郎

澤村宗之助

原健策

片岡栄二郎

伏見扇太郎

Crew

坪井誠

田坂具隆

成沢昌茂

吉川英治

伊福部昭