Nichiren

is a 1979 Japanese historical drama film written and directed by Noboru Nakamura. Based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel of the same name, the film chronicles the life of Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kamakura period. It was the last film Nakamura directed. Cast Kinnosuke Yorozuya as Nichiren Kyoko Kishida as Mother of Nichiren Takahiro Tamura as Father of Nichiren Katsuo Nakamura as Nisshō Toshiyuki Nagashima as Nikkō Shōnin Kō Nishimura as Abutsu Harue Akagi as Wife of Abutsu Shinsuke Mikimoto as Nanbu Sanenaga Hideo Kanze as Hiki Yoshimoto Kunie Tanaka as Gyōdō Shinjirō Ehara as Kudo Yoshitaka Keiko Matsuzaka as Wife of Kudo Yoshitaka Tetsurō Tamba as Nichijō Yoko Nogiwa as Wife of Nichijō Goro Ibuki as Shijo Kingo Asao Koike as Tōjō Kagenobu Rinichi Yamamoto as Ichi Shigenao Takeshi Kato as Yozaburō Kimiko Ikegami as Daughter of Yozaburō Kanjūrō Arashi as Shogaki Hideji Ōtaki as Dōzen Sakae Umezu as Ninshō Asao Sano as Yadoya Mitsunori Akiji Kobayashi as Lanxi Daolong Ichirō Nakatani as Taira no Yoritsuna Ryosuke Kagawa as Hōjō Masamura Hiroki Matsukata as Hōjō Tokimune Ichikawa Somegorō VI as Hōjō Tokiyori See also Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai