Un océan à traverser
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天平の甍
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天平之甍
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Ocean To Cross
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Tempyō no Iraka
director:
Kei Kumai
playwright:
Yoshikata Yoda
actor:
Katsuo Nakamura
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Masaaki Daimon
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Mitsuo Hamada
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Daigo Kusano
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Hisashi Igawa
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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.