Fantasy ·Science Fiction · Japan · 2018 · 1h 0m

The Great Buddha Arrival

大仏廻国

The Great Buddha Arrival poster
Director
Hiroto Yokokawa
Cast
Akira Takarada as Narrator Yuki Morita as Announcer Itano Toshi Toda as Maxwell (Toshi) James Philip Granger as US President Yukiko Kobayashi as Yuko Murata Akira Kubo as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Crew
Hiroto Yokokawa — Director of Photography Kieron Estrada — Director of Photography Hiroto Yokokawa — Editor Kieron Estrada — Editor Hiromi Shinoda — Original Music Composer Robert Hood — Writer
Tagline

You can not reach Sukhavati without watching this.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Great Buddha Arrival — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
buddhakaiju
Key Collaborators
Hiroto Yokokawa Director Hiroto Yokokawa Director of Photography Kieron Estrada Director of Photography Hiroto Yokokawa Editor Kieron Estrada Editor Hiromi Shinoda Original Music Composer Robert Hood Writer Kazuma Yoneyama Writer Yuki Yonezawa Writer Hiroto Yokokawa Writer George Guzman Producer
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