An Ocean to Cross

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.

• Yoshikata YodaWriter
• Kei KumaiDirector
• Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer

• Katsuo NakamuraFusho
• Masaaki DaimonYoei
• Mitsuo HamadaGenro
• Daigo KusanoKaiyu
• Hisashi IgawaGyougyou
• Mariko FujiCast
• Mieko TakamineYoroshime
• Kōji TakahashiAbe no Nakamaro
• Fujio TokitaKeiun
• Hideko YoshidaKoyoshi
• Hideo SunazukaSailor
• Shogen NittaCast