During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mogol fleet reaches Japanese shores?
Kazuo Hasegawa
Raizō Ichikawa
Shintarō Katsu
Naritoshi Hayashi
Shoji Umewaka
Yataro Kurokawa
Chikage Awashima
Junko Kano
Ganjirô Nakamura I
Ryûzô Shimada
Toshio Chiba
Yoichi Funaki
Bontarō Miake
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Takashi Shimura
Shinobu Araki
Kōichi Katsuragi
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Shōzō Nanbu
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Eigorō Onoe
Shintarō Nanjō
Sumao Ishihara
Hiroshi Ueda
Ichirō Amano
Kómori Ičikawa II
Yasuhiko Shima
Kōichi Mizuhara
Yūsaku Terashima
Hideaki Kusayama
Tatsuo Hananuno
Sonosuke Sawamura
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Seishirō Hara
Sentarô Godai
Saburo Date