Nichiren (film)
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| Directed by | Noboru Nakamura |
| Screenplay by | Noboru Nakamura |
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| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
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| Cinematography | Hiroshi Takemura |
| Edited by | Zen Ikeda |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
Production company | Masakazu Nagata Production |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Nichiren (Japanese: 日蓮) is a 1979 Japanese historical drama film written and directed by Noboru Nakamura. Based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel of the same name, the film chronicles the life of Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kamakura period. It was the last film Nakamura directed.