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  • Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
  • 102 min | Animation, Biography
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
102 min | Animation, Biography
Nara, Japan, A.D. 763. In Toshodai Temple, Chinese Buddhist Master the Venerable Jian Zhen dies, aged 76, after nine years in Japan. His Japanese disciple Si Tuo remembers how in 733 he and another monk were sent to China to learn from ...See moreNara, Japan, A.D. 763. In Toshodai Temple, Chinese Buddhist Master the Venerable Jian Zhen dies, aged 76, after nine years in Japan. His Japanese disciple Si Tuo remembers how in 733 he and another monk were sent to China to learn from Buddhist scriptures there and to try and convince Jian Zhen to come to Japan with other Chinese monks to develop and purify Buddhism in their country. After 10 years they finally get to meet Jian Zhen at Daming Temple in Yangzhou and persuade him to travel to Japan. Jian Zhen chooses 17 other Chinese monks to accompany him, but one, Ru Hai, betrays their secret mission to the Chinese authorities. Later that year, in December 743, Jian Zhen and Co. set out again but are shipwrecked off the coast of Zhejiang, where monks inform on them and they are arrested by the Chinese authorities to keep Jian Zhen in the country. Next, Jian Zhen and Co. try to cross the mountains in winter to Fuzhou and charter a ship from there, but are again caught by the authorities. Three years later, in June 748, they make their fifth attempt, even though Jian Zhen's eyesight is now failing, but are swept south by a storm to Zhenzhou, where they are almost killed by fierce natives but are finally welcomed by a Zhenzhou dignitary and given an old temple to renovate. In 751 they set out for the sixth time via Yangzhou, where a Japanese ambassador, Fujiwara, finally smuggles them out on a ship. In December 753 Jian Zhen and his monks reach Japan, where they are presented with their own temple in Nara. See less
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Director
Roger Hsiao
Writers
Roger Hsiao (screenplay) | Chih-Mei Wu (screenplay)
Composers
Ta-Wei Kao | San-Pao
Editors
Roger Hsiao | Yu-Hui Hsiao | Shih-Chao Li | Chun-Nian Yang
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Updated May 7, 2010
Release date
May 7, 2010 (Taiwan)

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12 cast members
Name Known for
Ta-Chuan Wang's primary photo
Ta-Chuan Wang
Jian Zhen (voice) Jian Zhen (voice)   See fewer
Yin rong jie (1960)
Chih-Shih Hsia's primary photo
Chih-Shih Hsia
Si Tuo / Ren Ling (voice) Si Tuo / Ren Ling (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
Hsi-Hua Wang's primary photo
Hsi-Hua Wang
Pu Zhao / Shen Chang (voice) Pu Zhao / Shen Chang (voice)   See fewer
Ballistic (2008)
Peter Wang's primary photo
Peter Wang
Xuan Lang / Fujiwara (Chinese dialogue) (voice) Xuan Lang / Fujiwara (Chinese dialogue) (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
Jo-Pai Huang's primary photo
Jo-Pai Huang
Ding Bin Fa / Ru Hai / Feng Zhong Zhai (voice) Ding Bin Fa / Ru Hai / Feng Zhong Zhai (voice)   See fewer
Taoism Drunkard (1984)
Chen-Wei Su's primary photo
Chen-Wei Su
Ren Ji (voice) Ren Ji (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
Man-Sheng Tu's primary photo
Man-Sheng Tu
Dao Hang (voice) Dao Hang (voice)   See fewer
Ying xiong you lei (1979)
Hung-Jen Lin's primary photo
Hung-Jen Lin
Fujiwara (Japanese dialogue) (voice) Fujiwara (Japanese dialogue) (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
Chih-Chieh Tien's primary photo
Chih-Chieh Tien
Rong Rui / Tan Jing (voice) Rong Rui / Tan Jing (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
Tsung-Yueh Chen's primary photo
Tsung-Yueh Chen
Xiang Yan (voice) Xiang Yan (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
Hsu-Sheng Chen's primary photo
Hsu-Sheng Chen
Ling You / Zhi Zhong (voice) Ling You / Zhi Zhong (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
Roger Hsiao's primary photo
Roger Hsiao
Patient (voice) Patient (voice)   See fewer
Ven. Yin Shun (2005)
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