· Japan · 1984 · 2h 59m

Kukai

空海

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Director
Junya Satō
Cast
Kinya Kitaoji as Kukai Mayumi Ogawa as Kō Nishimura as Hideo Murota as Hisaya Morishige as Teruhiko Saigō as
Crew
Masahiko Iimura — Director of Photography Stomu Yamashta — Original Music Composer Akira Hayasaka — Writer Sunao Sakagami — Producer
Synopsis

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.

Key Collaborators
Junya Satō Director Masahiko Iimura Director of Photography Stomu Yamashta Original Music Composer Akira Hayasaka Writer Sunao Sakagami Producer
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