Prince Shotoku (2001)
In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Shotoku Taishi, second son of Emperor Yomei, strived to create a new nation out of this chaos. NHK captures this great man from a time in history rarely depicted on screen, in a story of epic proportions. Shotoku Taishi is known mainly through legends and myths and has been viewed as more god than man. The elaborate and colorful costumes of the time and the beauty of ancient Japan enhance this fascinating historical drama.
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Cast
Masahiro Motoki
as Umayado no ouji
Masahiro Motoki (本木雅弘 Motoki Masahiro, born December 21, 1965 in Okegawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best...
Sul Kyung-gu
as Ishin
Sul Kyung-gu (born May 14, 1967) is a Grand Bell Award, Golden Space Needle Award, and Bratislava International Film Festival Best Actor winning South Korean actor. He studied film and theater at Hany...
Ken Ogata
as Soga no Umako
Ken Ogata (緒形 拳 Ogata Ken, 20 July 1937-5 October 2008) was a Japanese actor.
Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's M...
Miki Nakatani
as Tojiko no iratsume
Miki Nakatani (中谷 美紀 Nakatani Miki, born 12 January 1976) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is most known for her appearance in the 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film Ring..
Akira Emoto
as Anahobe no miko
Old good "Emo-chan" of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoyama in elementary school days. His mother's grandfather ran a shamisen store in Gin...
Director
Mikio Sato
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