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Rennyo and His Mother

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Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to the legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of six when his mother summoned him and told him about his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line. She then mysteriously disappeared from the temple. Taking her words to heart, from a background of great poverty and hardship, at the age of 16 he set out to spread the word across the land.

Directed byKihachiro Kawamoto

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
JA
Released
October 7, 1981

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Masaaki Daimon

Masaaki Daimon

Kimiko Ikegami

Kimiko Ikegami

Pinko Izumi

Pinko Izumi

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Hideo Takamatsu

Hideo Takamatsu

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Creative team
Directed by
Kihachiro Kawamoto
Kihachiro Kawamoto
Written by
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Produced by
Tamiji Ando

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