Overview

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.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura, Katsuo Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Koreya Senda, Kunio Kaga, Michiyo Kogure

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What is "Shinran, Part II" about?

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.

When was "Shinran, Part II" released?

Shinran, Part II was released in 1960.

Who stars in "Shinran, Part II"?

The cast includes Kinnosuke Nakamura, Katsuo Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata.

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