The Great Buddha Arrival
5.7
“You can not reach Sukhavati without watching this.”
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.
Cast
80 people
Akira Takarada
Narrator
Known for
Godzilla
King Kong Escapes
Yuki Morita
Announcer Itano
Known for
Shōgun
Steven Barton
Also in
Hallow Pointe
Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell
Robert Hood
Hiroto Yokokawa
Tim Bean
Toshi Toda
Maxwell (Toshi) James
Known for
Shōgun
Menace II Society
Joshua Clarke
Francisco de Borja De la Bella
Philip Granger
US President
Known for
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Backrooms
Alan Doshna
Todd Sheets
Also in
Lycanimator
The Witching
Hiroto Yokokawa Director · Kazuma Yoneyama Writer Yuki Yonezawa Writer
Budget $100K · United States release July 13, 2019 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Budget
$100,000
Production
3YFILM
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
大仏廻国
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 15, 2018
Theatrical
United States · July 13, 2019
Premiere · G-Fest XXVI
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