Shinran: Jinsei no Mokuteki (2025)
Original title: 親鸞 人生の目的
Shinran: Jinsei no Mokuteki is a 2025 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Hiroshi Aoyama, with a running time of 1h 44m. It stars Takahiro Sakurai, Ryotaro Sugi and Hiroshi Naka.
A historical film depicting the youth of Saint Shinran, founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, during the turbulent times between the late Heian and early Kamakura periods, about 850 years ago.
Cast
- Takahiro Sakurai as Shinran (young) (voice)
- Ryotaro Sugi as Shinran (old) (voice)
- Hiroshi Naka as (voice)
- Tsuyoshi Koyama as (voice)
- Daisuke Hirakawa as (voice)
- Kenichirou Matsuda as (voice)
- Eri Sendai as (voice)
- Makoto Koichi as (voice)
- Hitoshi Bifu as (voice)
- Junichi Yanagita as (voice)
- Ryunosuke Watanuki as (voice)
- Taisuke Nakano as (voice)