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The Great Buddha Arrival

The Great Buddha Arrival

2018·Movie·1h

Fantasy, Science Fiction

6.0 / 10 (4 votes)

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.

Directed by
Hiroto Yokokawa
Original language
日本語
Released
15 December 2018

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • Akira Takarada

    Akira Takarada

    Narrator

  • YM

    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

  • RS

    Robert Scott Field

    Mysterious person - Cameo

  • Shelley Sweeney

    Shelley Sweeney

    Canadian Interviewer