An Ocean to Cross
天平の甍
An Ocean to Cross at FMovies. 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.
- Genre: History
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kei Kumai
- Cast: Katsuo Nakamura, Masaaki Daimon, Mitsuo Hamada, Daigo Kusano, Hisashi Igawa, Mariko Fuji, Mieko Takamine, Kōji Takahashi, Fujio Tokita, Hideko Yoshida, Hideo Sunazuka, Shogen Nitta, Osamu Takizawa, Takahiro Tamura, Akio Yokoyama, Akira Shioji, Ken Izumi, Kōjirō Kusanagi, Minoru Hirano, Shinji Takano, Shinobu Tsuruta,