| Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion | |
| Director: | Kunio Watanabe |
| Producer: | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring: | Kazuo Hasegawa |
| Music: | Eiichi Yamada |
| Cinematography: | Takashi Watanabe |
| Editing: | Miyata Mitsuzo |
| Studio: | Daiei Film |
| Distributor: | Daiei |
| Runtime: | 145 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Budget: | ¥500 million[1] |
| Gross: | ¥35.12 million[2] |
is a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Nichiren, a famous Japanese Buddhist monk who returns from his studies to create a new form of Buddhism in preparation for fighting the Mongol invaders during the 1200s. A Buddhist sect and their government supporters target him and he is persecuted for it. Will Nichiren be able to survive before the Mongols threaten Japanese shores?