Buddhism of Nichiren in Pop Culture

1- A Mighty Heart is a 2007 drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom; It is an adaptation of Mariane Pearl's memoir, A Mighty Heart.

Dan Futterman as Daniel Pearl
Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl

Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl (born 23 July 1967) is a French freelance journalist and a former reporter and columnist for Glamour magazine. She is the widow of Daniel Pearl, an American journalist who was the Southeast Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. He was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002, during the early months of the United States' War on Terror.

                                         A SONG FOR DANIEL PEARL

Atlantic City, starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon. The pregnant hippie,  friend of Sarandon, chants Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. 

The Last Detail is the film by Hal Ashby, starring Jack Nicholson and featuring Randy Quaid as the unfortunate sailor sent to seven years hard labor for trying to steal a few dollars from a charity collect box. On the way to prison, he, Nicholson and another sailor attend a (then) NSA) meeting. Randy starts chanting and does so devotedly for the rest of the film. 

Innerspace is a 1987 science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer.

Tuck Pendlenton (Dennis quaid) , a pilot who is miniaturized in an experiment, panics and chants

What's Love Got to Do with It is a 1993 American biographical film directed by Brian Gibson, loosely based on the life of Tina Turner. It stars Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner.The screenplay was adapted by Kate Lanier from the book I, Tina written by Tina Turner and Kurt Loder. 

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The Guru (2002) with Heather Graham, Melissa Tomei and Jimi Mistry.  There was a part where Melissa’s Character Lexi was on the bed with Jimi Mistry and she was meditating.  They were about to make love and she suddenly started bowing to him and chanting Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo!"

The Out-of-Towners (1999) with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn has a scene where Steve overhears

Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 film, starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver John is a hitman, named Martin Blank, who is sent to do a job in Grosse Pointe where, as it turns out, his 10-year high school reunion is taking place. At one point fairly early in the film, Minnie says to John: 'You know what you need? Shaka buku.' He replies  'What's that?' People chanting.

 

The Monkees (1966)
In this episode, the Monkees chant to ward off an evil wizard. The musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork and British actor and singer Davy Jones. The band's music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner.

The Simpsons (TV,1993)


Absolut Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous - Episode Fashion. 
Edina credits her house and her success in fashion with chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Edina is also seen in other episodes with a butsudan, prayer beads, and a bell in her bedroom.