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An Ocean to Cross

9 average rating
9
Japanese / 120 MIN. / 1980

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Katsuo NakamuraMasaaki DaimonMitsuo HamadaDaigo KusanoHisashi IgawaMariko FujiMieko TakamineKōji TakahashiFujio TokitaHideko YoshidaHideo SunazukaShogen NittaOsamu TakizawaTakahiro TamuraAkio YokoyamaAkira ShiojiKen IzumiKōjirō KusanagiMinoru HiranoShinji TakanoShinobu TsurutaShouza SanshouteiSumi ShimamotoTakahiro TamuraTakashi ShimuraTakashi SueTatsuya JoTohru MachidaYasukiyo UmenoYōichi Numata

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