Nichiren (film)

Nichiren (日蓮) 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