Buddha (1961 film) | |
![]() Theatrical release poster by Kenichi Okamoto.[1] | |
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Directed by | Kenji Misumi |
Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
Written by | Fuji Yahiro |
Starring | Tamao Nakamura Machiko Kyō Kojiro Hongo |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Cinematography | Hiroshi Imai |
Editing by | Kanji Tatsumi |
Distributed by | Daiei |
Released | November 1, 1961 |
Running time | 196 minutes |
Budget | ¥500 million to 700 million |
Gross revenue | ¥Over 700 million[2] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Buddha (釈迦?) is a 1961 Japanese Shakatokusatsu daikaiju eiga (giant-monster movie) about a giant buddha statue. The film is similar in nature to the popular film The Great Buddha's Arrival and is also the one of the first giant monster films from Daiei.
Plot[]
TBA
Cast[]
- Kojiro Hongo
- Yumeji Tsukioka as Takushira
- Kojiro Nakamura as King Ashoka
Crew[]
- Production: Masaichi Nagata
- Planning: Hisashi Okuda
- Screenplay: Fuji Yahiro
- Main story
- Director: Kenji Misumi
- Photo: Hiroshi Imai , Kazuo Miyagawa
- Music: Akira Ifukube (Conductor: Jin Ueda , Music Performance: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra )
- Art director: Kisaku Ito
- Art: Akira Naito
- Recording: Masao Ohsumi
- Lighting: Kenichi Okamoto
- Edited by: Kanji Tatsumi
- Special effects
- Photo: Toru Matoba , Jishi Makiura
- Assistant Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
- Lighting: Ichiji Shimazaki
- Art: Takesaburo Watanabe
- Video composition: Tomio Sagisu , P Productions
- Picture composition: Yoshio Watanabe
- Special modelling: Fuminori Ohashi