Kukai

IMDb 9.5 1984 179 min HistoryDrama

Director

Junya Satō

Country

JP

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Kinya Kitaoji
Kinya Kitaoji Kukai
Mayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Hideo Murota
Hideo Murota
Hisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige