:Shinran: Path to Purity

{{short description|1987 film}}

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| name = Shinran: Path to Purity

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| director = Rentarō Mikuni

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| starring = Junkyu Moriyama

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| studio = Shochiku
Nichiei
Cinema Tokyo

| distributor = Shochiku

| released = {{Film date|1987|05|09}}

| runtime = 140 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

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{{nihongo|Shinran: Path to Purity|親鸞　白い道|Shinran: Shiroi michi}} is a 1987 Japanese drama film directed by Rentarō Mikuni, based on Mikuni's novel of the same name.{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=14629|title=親鸞 白い道|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム|access-date=2 November 2019}} The film follows the life and struggles of the Jodo Shinshu founder, Shinran, during the tumultuous Heian era.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%A6%AA%E9%B8%9E%20%E7%99%BD%E3%81%84%E9%81%93-714947|title=親鸞 白い道|publisher=kotobank|access-date=2 November 2019}} The film won the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/430/year/1987.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Shinran: Path to Purity |access-date=2009-07-19|work=festival-cannes.com}}