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Naze Ikiru: Rennyo Shōnin to Yoshizaki Enjō (movie)

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Alternative title:
Por Que Vivemos: O Filme (Portuguese)
なぜ生きる (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Ryōken is a young man who lamented his misfortune and despised temples and monks. He had placed all his hope on his unborn child, but an unfortunate incident took everything away from him. In his time of despair and suffering in the dark, Ryōken came across the preachings of the holy priest Rennyo. They tell the answer to "why we live," as revealed by the monk Shinran. Finding new meaning, Ryōken becomes Rennyo's apprentice. Angry at the increase of followers at Honnōdera, the other Buddhist sects chase Rennyo and Ryōken out of Kyoto. Seeking a new place of worship, the two arrive in Yoshizaki (Fukui) in the Hokuriku region.
Vintage: 2016-05-21
Premiere date:
2016-05-21 (Japan)
News:
Naze Ikiru Anime Film of Buddhist Book Previewed in Trailer (Apr 20, 2016)
Studio Deen Makes Anime Film of Buddhist Text Naze Ikiru (Apr 6, 2016)
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Director: Hideaki Oba
Script: Kentetsu Takamori
Music:
Tōru Hasabe
Toru Hasebe
Original creator: Kentetsu Takamori
Character Design: Masaaki Kannan
Art Director: Kunihiko Inaba
3D Director: Kana Imagaki
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondo
Producer:
Kazunori Noguchi
Shirō Oiwake

Animation producer: Yūichirō Akita
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Editing: Rie Matsubara
Recording Mix: Itsumi Yamamoto (voices)
Script Assistant: Kiyoto Wada
Studio Engineer: Mika Ochi
Japanese cast
Katsuyuki Konishi as Ryōken
Kotaro Satomi as Rennyo

Akiko Yoritsune as Hana
Ayumi Fujimura as Chiyo
Hideyuki Tanaka as Hokeibo
Kunihiro Kawamoto as Hanbee
Masumi Kageyama as Ren'yū
Mitsuaki Madono as Sukeroku
Takaaki Seki as Michimune
Toshiko Maeda as Kinu

Chigusa Ikeda as Kawahara Child
Chiharu Sasa as Hieizan Monk
Daisuke Matsumoto as Tradesman
Hirokazu Miyahara as Hieizan Monk
Hiroko Suzuki as Narrator
Hiromu Miyazaki as Hieizan Monk
Hiroshi Okamoto as Local Monk
Junpei Morise as Outlaw
Kanako Tateno as Audience
Kōichi Gomi as Relative
Kosuke Otsubo as Outlaw
Kōta Nemoto as Local Monk
Kouji Haramaki as Relative
Marie Ōi as Sukeroku (child)
Mariko Higashiuchi as Ryōken (child)
Masato Obara as Kendo Master
Naoki Imamura as Outlaw
Ryohei Arai as Male Escort
Shunsuke Kanie as Tradesman
Takahiro Fujimoto as Audience
Takeshi Mori as Male Escort
Tomoko Naka as Female Escort
Yōhei Namekawa as Audience

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