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The Great Buddha Arrival

The Great Buddha Arrival

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20186.01h 0m

Overview

An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson. From Japan, a modern kaiju story based on what may be the first kaiju film.

Directed by Hiroto Yokokawa
Written by Robert Hood, Hiroto Yokokawa, Kazuma Yoneyama
Produced by George Guzman
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Top Cast

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Narrator

Yuki Morita

Yuki Morita

Announcer Itano

Toshi Toda

Toshi Toda

Maxwell (Toshi) James

Philip Granger

Philip Granger

US President

Yukiko Kobayashi

Yukiko Kobayashi

Yuko Murata

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

Peggy Neal

Peggy Neal

Dr. Mary Lisa Gleason

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yukijiro Hotaru

Detective Osaki

Norman England

Norman England

American caster

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buddhakaiju

About The Great Buddha Arrival

The Great Buddha Arrival is a fantasy, science fiction film released in 2018 exploring themes of buddha, kaiju. Directed by Hiroto Yokokawa, it stars Akira Takarada, Yuki Morita, Toshi Toda. An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson. From Japan, a modern kaiju story based on what may be the first kaiju film.

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