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The Burning Buddha Man

2013 80 min Japanese
Wubly rating 6.4 IMDb rating 6.4

There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. She needs to know what caused the death of a parents and dreams of revenge. She goes on a fantastical journey to ultimately face the demon. The entire film is produced by hand drawing all the gods 'manifesto animation' or 'gekimation' based on the amazing hand drawings.

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Ujicha Director

First release February 23, 2013 · Produced in Japan · Original title 燃える仏像人間

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燃える仏像人間

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Japanese

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Japanese

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Japan · February 23, 2013

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