Tempyō no Iraka

Tempyō no Iraka (Japanese: 天平の甍) is a 1980 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kei Kumai,^[3] based on Yasushi Inoue's novel of the same name.^[1][2][4] The film follows a Japanese mission to Tang China during the Heian period.

Tempyō no Iraka
Directed by	Kei Kumai
Screenplay by	Yoshikata Yoda
Based on	Tempyō no Iraka by Yasushi Inoue
Produced by	Ichiro Sato Fumio Kanahara Isono Osamu Masaya Endo
Starring	Katsuo Nakamura Masaaki Daimon Takahiro Tamura Mieko Takamine Takashi Shimura
Cinematography	Shinsaku Himeda
Edited by	Nobuo Ogawa
Music by	Tōru Takemitsu
Production company	Tempyō no Iraka Production Committee
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26) (Japan) [1][2]
Running time	152 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Katsuo Nakamura as Fushō
• Masaaki Daimon as Yōei
• Takahiro Tamura as Ganjin^[5]
• Mitsuo Hamada as Genrō
• Hisashi Igawa as Gyōgō
• Mieko Takamine as Yoroshime
• Hideko Yoshida as Koyoshi
• Daigo Kusano as Kaiyu
• Shōbun Inoue as Yoshihiko
• Yasukiyo Umeno as Kibi no Makibi
• Kōji Takahashi as Abe no Nakamaro
• Osamu Takizawa as Rōben
• Takashi Shimura as Ryuson