An Ocean to Cross(1980)

movie - first aired/released 1980-01-26 - 120 min - audience 9.0

History

Directed by Kei Kumai

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.