Status: Released
Runtime: 120
Release Date: 26/01/1980
Origin Language: ja
Origin Country: JP
Languages: Japanese
Production: Geiensha Co., Ltd.
Countries: Japan
Budget: 0
Revenue: 10300000 (10300000)
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.