
120 minutes
1/26/1980
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.

Katsuo Nakamura
as Fusho

Masaaki Daimon
as Yoei

Mitsuo Hamada
as Genro

Daigo Kusano
as Kaiyu

Hisashi Igawa
as Gyougyou

Mariko Fuji

Mieko Takamine
as Yoroshime

Kōji Takahashi
as Abe no Nakamaro

Fujio Tokita
as Keiun

Hideko Yoshida
as Koyoshi

Hideo Sunazuka
as Sailor
Shogen Nitta

Osamu Takizawa
as Rouben

Takahiro Tamura

Akio Yokoyama
as Sailor

Akira Shioji
as Captain
Ken Izumi
as Ootomo no Komaro

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Minoru Hirano
Shinji Takano
as Fujiwara no Kiyokawa

Shinobu Tsuruta
Shouza Sanshoutei
as Onmyouji (Sorcerer)

Sumi Shimamoto

Takahiro Tamura
as Ganjin

Takashi Shimura
as Ryuuson
Takashi Sue
Tatsuya Jo
as Narrator (voice)
Tohru Machida

Yasukiyo Umeno
as Kibi no Makibi

Yōichi Numata
as Commander of the Guard Chou