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.
Katsuo Nakamura
Fusho
Masaaki Daimon
Yoei
Mitsuo Hamada
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Daigo Kusano
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Hisashi Igawa
Gyougyou
Mariko Fuji
Mieko Takamine
Yoroshime
Kōji Takahashi
Abe no Nakamaro
Fujio Tokita
Keiun
Hideko Yoshida
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Hideo Sunazuka
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Osamu Takizawa
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Akio Yokoyama
Akira Shioji
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Kōjirō Kusanagi
Minoru Hirano
Shinji Takano
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