天平之甍
/
天平の甍
/
Un océan à traverser
/
An Ocean to Cross
/
Tempyō no Iraka
director:
Kei Kumai
playwright:
Yoshikata Yoda
actor:
Katsuo Nakamura
/
Masaaki Daimon
/
Mitsuo Hamada
/
Daigo Kusano
/
Mieko Takamine
…
genre:
History
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 2h
release date: 1980-01-26
IMDb: tt0074994
天平の甍
Overview
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.