An Ocean to Cross
MovieTitle | 天平の甍 |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jan 26, 1980 |
Genre | History |
Director | Kei Kumai |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Geiensha Co., Ltd. |
Revenue | $10,300,000 |
Run time | 120 min. |
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.