Rennyo and His Mother (Rennyo to sono haha) 42 years old

Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to the legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of six when his mother summoned him and told him about his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line. She then mysteriously disappeared from the temple. Taking her words to heart, from a background of great poverty and hardship, at the age of 16 he set out to spread the word across the land.

Credits

Rentarō Mikuni as

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi as

Misako Watanabe as

Shoichi Ozawa as

Kyōko Kishida as

Masaaki Daimon as

Rennyo and His Mother Cast

Name	Character
Rentarō Mikuni He was 58, 90 years old when he died
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi She was 48, now 90 years old
Misako Watanabe She was 48, now 91 years old
Shoichi Ozawa He was 52, 83 years old when he died
Kyōko Kishida She was 51, 76 years old when she died
Masaaki Daimon He was 32, now 75 years old
Pinko Izumi She was 34, now 76 years old
Asao Koike He was 50, 54 years old when he died
Kimiko Ikegami She was 22, now 65 years old

Rennyo and His Mother Crew

Name	Department
Toru Takemitsu as Original Music Composer. He was 50 (65) years old when He died	Sound
Kaneto Shindō as Writer. He was 69 (100) years old when He died	Writing
Kihachirō Kawamoto as Director. He was 56 (85) years old when He died	Directing
Kihachirō Kawamoto as Animation. He was 56 (85) years old when He died	Visual Effects
Minoru Tamura as Director of Photography.	Camera

Rennyo and His Mother (42 years)

Release day: Wednesday, October 07, 1981
Runtime: 93 minutes