Kukai
Theatrical poster to Kukai
Directed by	Jun'ya Satō[1] (佐藤純彌)
Produced by	Masaki Uemura (上村正樹) Sunao Sakagami (坂上順) Masao Satō (佐藤雅夫) Kazushige Saitō (斎藤一重)
Written by	Akira Hayasaka (早坂暁)
Music by	Tsutomu Yamashita (ツトム・ヤマシタ)
Cinematography	Masahiko Iimura (飯村雅彦)
Editing by	Isamu Ichida (市田勇)
Distributed by	Toei
Released	April 14, 1984
Running time	179 min.
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Kukai (空海, Kūkai) is a 1984 film directed by Jun'ya Satō.^[1]

CastEdit

• Kin'ya Kitaōji (北大路欣也) ... 空海^[2]
• Gō Katō (加藤剛) ... 最澄
• Mayumi Ogawa (小川真由美) ... 薬子
• Kō Nishimura (西村晃) ... 佐伯田公
• Sachiko Kōjiki (上月左知子) ... 玉寄
• Akio Matsuoka (松岡章夫) ... 真魚
• Kazuo Tachibana (立花一男) ... 真魚の兄
• Renji Ishibashi (石橋蓮司) ... 橘逸勢
• Mikio Narita (成田三樹夫) ... 藤原葛野磨
• Jun Ōba (大場順) ... 石川道益
• Tatsuhiro Itō (伊東達広) ... 菅原清公
• Takeshi Ōbayashi (大林丈史) ... 高階遠成
• Yūsuke Takita (滝田裕介) ... 藤原縄主
• [[]] (菱谷広子) ... 式子
• [[]] (原田樹世士) ... 藤原仲成
• Katsuo Nakamura (中村嘉葎雄) ... 平城天皇
• Teruhiko Saigō (西郷輝彦) ... 嵯峨天皇
• Jun'ya Satō (佐藤仁哉) ... 伊豫親王
• Tatsuya Miyazaki (宮崎達也) ... 真如
• Yūsuke Satō (佐藤佑介) ... 泰範
• Katsuhiro Fukuda (福田勝洋) ... 智泉
• Shinsuke Mikimoto (御木本伸介) ... 実恵
• Ichirō Izawa (伊沢一郎) ... 勤操
• Kazunaga Tsuji (辻萬長) ... 徳一
• Kantarō Suga (菅貫太郎) ... 永忠
• Hideo Murota (室田日出男) ... 悦々
• Kimie Shingyōji (真行寺君枝) ... 房女
• Tetsurō Tamba (丹波哲郎) ... 桓武天皇
• Hisaya Morishige (森繁久彌) ... 阿刀大足

Award NominationsEdit

• 1985 Japanese Academy Awards^[3]
  • Best Actor: Kin'ya Kitaōji
  • Best Art Direction: Tokumichi Igawa
  • Best Music Score: Tsutomu Yamashita
  • Best Screenplay: Akira Hayasaka
  • Best Sound: Kiyoshige Hirai

BibliographyEdit

• "Kûkai (1984)" at the Internet Movie Database
• "空海" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
• "空海" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2011-03-14.

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "空海" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
2. ↑ "空海" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
3. ↑ "Awards for Kûkai (1984)" at IMDb.