Shinran: Path to Purity

Synopsis

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.

Main Cast

Junkyu Moriyama

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Michiyo Yasuda

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Ako

Age : 66 | Popularity : 6%

Izumi Hara

Age : 84 | Popularity : 4%

Guts Ishimatsu

Age : 75 | Popularity : 4%

Hanshiro Iwai

Age : 84 | Popularity : 3%

Shigeru Izumiya

Age : 76 | Popularity : 5%

Hōsei Komatsu

Age : 78 | Popularity : 9%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Rentaro Mikuni
Sound	Original Music Composer	Yas-Kaz
Writing	Screenplay	Den Fujita Rentaro Mikuni
Crew	Cinematography	Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Department	Role	Name

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