An Ocean to Cross (1980)

9.0/10 • 120 min • History

Overview

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.

Cast

Masaaki Daimon

Mitsuo Hamada

Daigo Kusano

Hisashi Igawa

Mariko Fuji

Mieko Takamine

Kōji Takahashi

Abe no Nakamaro

Fujio Tokita

Hideko Yoshida

Hideo Sunazuka

Osamu Takizawa

Takahiro Tamura

Akio Yokoyama

Akira Shioji

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Minoru Hirano

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