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
Masaaki Daimon
Mitsuo Hamada
Daigo Kusano
Hisashi Igawa
