An Ocean to Cross

Directed by Kei Kumai

With Katsuo Nakamura, Masaaki Daimon, Mitsuo Hamada, Daigo Kusano and Hisashi Igawa

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.