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Bronze Magician

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Original title

Yôsôaka

AKA

Priest and Empress
The Sorcerer

Year

1963

Running time

98 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Screenwriter

Teinosuke Kinugasa. Story: Yahiro Fuji

Cast

Music

Akira Ifukube

Cinematography

Hiroshi Imai (B&W)

Producer

Daiei Studios

Genre

Drama | 8th Century

Synopsis

A Buddhist priest becomes also a magician, dedicating himself to the protection of life wherever it's needed, whereupon he finds himself in direct service of the Queen. Political intrigue tightens around him as it is increasingly assumed that he harbors ulterior motives. Set in Japan's Nara Era (710 - 794 A.D.), the story is loosely based on Mikado (Empress) Koken-Shotoku and Dokyo, a Yamabushi (mountain warrior monk who practices a rugged, intense form of Vajrayana Buddhism founded by his master, Do-en).

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