Prince Shōtoku

Name: Prince Shōtoku
Director: Mikio Sato
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2001-11-10
Duration: 3 h
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Miki Nakatani, Akira Takarada, Sul Kyung-gu, Ken Ogata

2001

History Drama

Director: Mikio Sato

Writer: Shunsaku Ikehata

Overview

In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Prince Shotoku, second son of Emperor Yomei, strived to create a new nation out of this chaos. NHK captures this great man from a time in history rarely depicted on screen, in a story of epic proportions.