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.

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Main Cast: Katsuo Nakamura, Masaaki Daimon, Mitsuo Hamada, Daigo Kusano, Hisashi Igawa, Mariko Fuji, Mieko Takamine, Kōji Takahashi, Fujio Tokita, Hideko Yoshida

Director: Kei Kumai

Writer: Yoshikata Yoda

Editor: Nobuo Ogawa

Cinematographer: Shinsaku Himeda

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