Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
2h 19m
Running Time
June 2, 1987Release Date
Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
2h 19m
Running Time
June 2, 1987Release Date
Plot.
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.
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Cast & Crew.
Junkyu Moriyama
Zenshin (Shinran)
Michiyo Yasuda
Keishin, Shinran's wife
Kazuo Andō
Kazuto
Rentaro Mikuni
Director
Den Fujita
Writer
Yas-Kaz
Composer
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Cinematographer
Osamu Inoue
Editor
Eitarō Ozawa
Miki Odagiri
Akaji Maro
Tetsurō Tamba
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Kantarō Suga
Kōji Shimizu
Frankie Sakai
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Shinran: Path to Purity (親鸞 白い道, Shinran: Shiroi michi) is a 1987 Japanese drama film directed by Rentarō Mikuni, based on Mikuni's novel of the same name. The film follows the life and struggles of the Jodo Shinshu founder, Shinran, during the tumultuous Heian era. The film won the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.