Kukai

2h 59m
9

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.

Cast

Kinya Kitaoji
Kukai
Mayumi Ogawa
Unknown
Kō Nishimura
Unknown
Hideo Murota
Unknown
Hisaya Morishige
Unknown
Teruhiko Saigō
Unknown
Katsuo Nakamura
Unknown
Kimie Shingyoji
Unknown
Tetsuro Tamba
Unknown

Crew

Junya Satō
Director
Akira Hayasaka
Writer
Masahiko Iimura
Director of Photography
Sunao Sakagami
Producer
Stomu Yamashta
Original Music Composer

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