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Rennyo and His Mother
1981, Oct 07
1h 33m
Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to the legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of six when his mother summoned him and told him about his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line. She then mysteriously disappeared from the temple. Taking her words to heart, from a background of great poverty and hardship, at the age of 16 he set out to spread the word across the land.
Directed by
Kihachiro Kawamoto
Written by
Kaneto Shindō
Rentaro Mikuni
Kyôko Kishida
Hideo Takamatsu
Kimiko Ikegami
Misako Watanabe
Shoichi Ozawa
Pinko Izumi
Asao Koike
Masaaki Daimon
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
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