Religious writer Kentetsu Takamori’s Jinsei no Mokuteki and Unlocking Tannisho (Tanishō o Hiraku) books are inspiring an anime film titled Shinran Jinsei no Mokuteki (Shinran: The Purpose of Life) in February 2025.
The film starts in the last years ot the Heian period, and centers on the early life and works of Shinran, the founder of the Japanese independent True Pure Land sect of Buddhism.
Hiroshi Naka voice Hōnen, the founder of the first independent Japanese Pure Land sect.
Ryōtarō Sugi voices Shinran in the film as his voice acting debut, while Takahiro Sakurai voices Shinran in his youth.