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An Ocean to Cross (1980)

Name: An Ocean to Cross
Director: Kei Kumai
Genre: History
Released: 1980-01-26
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Katsuo Nakamura, Masaaki Daimon, Mitsuo Hamada, Daigo Kusano, Hisashi Igawa

120 min · Japan · Dir. Kei Kumai

History 1980 movies

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.