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Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)

ALL 06/02/1987 (ja) Drama 139 Min
  • Release
    06/02/1987
  • Production
    Kinema Tokyo Company Ltd., Nichiei, Shochiku
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    親鸞 白い道
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
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Overview

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.

  1. Rentaro Mikuni

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) 139 Min

ALL 06/02/1987 (ja)
Drama
  • Release 06/02/1987
  • Production
    Kinema Tokyo Company Ltd., Nichiei, Shochiku
  • Original title 親鸞 白い道
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Rentaro Mikuni

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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