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Shinran: Path to Purity

1987-2h 19min
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In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.

Directed by Rentaro Mikuni

Writers Rentaro Mikuni Den Fujita

Stars Junkyu Moriyama Michiyo Yasuda Ако

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Junkyu Moriyama's picture in the cast

Junkyu Moriyama

Michiyo Yasuda's picture in the cast

Michiyo Yasuda

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Ако

Izumi Hara's picture in the cast

Izumi Hara

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Guts Ishimatsu

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Hanshiro Iwai

Shigeru Izumiya's picture in the cast

Shigeru Izumiya

Hōsei Komatsu's picture in the cast

Hōsei Komatsu

Mako Midori's picture in the cast

Mako Midori

Akaji Maro's picture in the cast

Akaji Maro

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Rentaro Mikuni

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Junko Miyashita

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