The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.

Kinya Kitaoji
as Kukai

Mayumi Ogawa
as

Kō Nishimura
as

Hideo Murota
as

Hisaya Morishige
as

Teruhiko Saigō
as

Katsuo Nakamura
as

Kimie Shingyoji
as

Tetsuro Tamba
as