Tempyō no Iraka

1980 Japanese film

Ichiro Sato
Fumio Kanahara
Isono Osamu
Masaya Endo

Starring

Katsuo Nakamura
Masaaki Daimon
Takahiro Tamura
Mieko Takamine
Takashi Shimura

CinematographyShinsaku HimedaEdited byNobuo OgawaMusic byTōru Takemitsu

Production
company

Tempyō no Iraka Production Committee

Distributed byToho

Release date

January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26) (Japan)

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Running time

152 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Tempyō no Iraka (Japanese: 天平の甍) is a 1980 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kei Kumai,^[3] based on Yasushi Inoue's novel of the same name.^[1]^[2]^[4] The film follows a Japanese mission to Tang China during the Heian period.

Cast

Katsuo Nakamura as Fushō
Masaaki Daimon as Yōei
Takahiro Tamura as Ganjin^[5]
Mitsuo Hamada as Genrō
Hisashi Igawa as Gyōgō
Mieko Takamine as Yoroshime
Hideko Yoshida as Koyoshi
Daigo Kusano as Kaiyu
Shōbun Inoue as Yoshihiko
Yasukiyo Umeno as Kibi no Makibi
Kōji Takahashi as Abe no Nakamaro
Osamu Takizawa as Rōben
Takashi Shimura as Ryuson

References

^ ^a ^b "天平の甍 (Tempyō no Iraka)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "天平の甍 (Tempyō no Iraka)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "天平の甍". Nara Pref. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "天平の甍 (Tempyō no Iraka)". Kotobank. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "二代目襲名を固辞しつつ父バンツマを敬愛し続けた田村高廣". シネマプラス. Retrieved 21 November 2021.