Nichiren (film)

Nichiren
Nichiren
Directed by	Noboru Nakamura
Screenplay by	Noboru Nakamura
Based on	Nichiren; by Matsutarō Kawaguchi;
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata
Starring	Kinnosuke Yorozuya
Cinematography	Hiroshi Takemura
Edited by	Zen Ikeda
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Production; company	Masakazu Nagata Production
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	10 March 1979 (Japan);
Running time	143 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Nichiren (Japanese: 日蓮) is a 1979 Japanese historical drama film written and directed by Noboru Nakamura.^[1]^[2] 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.^[1]^[3] It was the last film Nakamura directed.^[4]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "日蓮". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "日蓮". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "日蓮". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "中村登". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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