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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.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 71GoodWatch 83
IMDb7.1
Running time
2 h 59 min
Longer than 9 in 10 history movies, +57 min on the typical 122
typical 122179Half of all history movies run 108–138 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1984
April 13, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
HistoryDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Directing · 1
- Junya Satō Director
Writing · 1
- Akira Hayasaka Writer
Production · 1
- Sunao Sakagami Producer
Camera · 1
- Masahiko Iimura Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Stomu Yamashta Original Music Composer
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