Buddha

Buddha (1961)

It depicts the life of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1961-10-31
  • Runtime: 2h 37min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Daiei Film
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kenji Misumi

Summary

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.

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  • Raizō Ichikawa

    as Kunala

  • Shintarō Katsu

    as Devadatta

  • Kōjirō Hongō

    as Siddhartha

  • Hiroshi Kawaguchi

    as Ajashartu

  • Keizō Kawasaki

    as Upali

  • Katsuhiko Kobayashi

    as Ananda

  • Hajime Mitamura

    as Shariputra

  • Matasaburô Niwa

    as Sanna

  • Ryûzô Shimada

    as Bhutika

  • Jōji Tsurumi

    as Aaraama

  • Shirō Ōtsuji

    as Kalodayin

  • Yoshirō Kitahara

    as Kaundinya

  • Jun Negami

    as Mahakashyapa

  • Koreya Senda

    as Shuddhodana

  • Eijirō Tōno

    as Suratha

  • Bontarō Miake

    as Channa

  • Osamu Takizawa

    as

  • Toshio Chiba

    as Graha

  • Ryuichi Ishii

    as Bandhu

  • Yoichi Funaki

    as Maudgaliputra

  • Tatsuo Hananuno

    as

  • Osamu Maruyama

    as Jivaka

  • San'emon Arashi

    as Raayana

  • Mitsugu Terashima

    as Grand Chamberlain

  • Osamu Abe

    as

  • Yūsaku Terashima

    as Fortuneteller

  • Shinobu Araki

    as

  • Gen Shimizu

    as Kisaka

  • Shōzō Nanbu

    as

  • Kōichi Katsuragi

    as Suprabuddha

  • Ryōnosuke Azuma

    as Bashpa

  • Kōichi Mizuhara

    as

  • Okuyama Asao

    as Old man

  • Kómori Ičikawa II

    as Chunda

  • Shintarō Nanjō

    as Mahanaman

  • Seishirō Hara

    as Bhadrika

  • Saburo Date

    as Ashvajit

  • Sumao Ishihara

    as

  • Jun Fujikawa

    as

  • Ikkei Tamaki

    as Man in crowd 2

  • Yukio Horikita

    as Guard A

  • Fumihiko Yokoyama

    as Man in crowd 1

  • Masayoshi Kikuno

    as Man in crowd 3

  • Hajime Koshikawa

    as Man in crowd 4

  • Bonta Maru

    as Young Buddhist priest of Aburaya

  • Tokio Oki

    as

  • Yūji Hamada

    as Guard B

  • Jukai Ichikawa

    as Bimbisara

  • Machiko Kyō

    as Nandabala

  • Tamao Nakamura

    as Auttami

  • Charito Solis

    as Yashodara

  • Junko Kano

    as Matangi

  • Fujiko Yamamoto

    as Usha

  • Isuzu Yamada

    as Kalideva

  • Yumeji Tsukioka

    as Takshakara

  • Tanie Kitabayashi

    as Sumi

  • Chikako Hosokawa

    as Maya

  • Haruko Sugimura

    as Vaidehi

  • Reiko Fujiwara

    as Child's Mother

  • Tokiko Mita

    as Sari

  • Hiromi Ichida

    as Naccha

  • Michiko Ai

    as Kalika

  • Reiko Kongō

    as Sabhaya

  • Kimiko Tachibana

    as Amita

  • Sachiko Hori

    as

  • Teruko Omi

    as

  • Ganjirō Nakamura II

    as Ashoka

  • Mieko Kondō

    as Amana
Writing Fuji Yahiro Writer
Directing Kenji Misumi Director
Editing Kanji Suganuma Editor
Camera Hiroshi Imai Director of Photography
Directing Akira Inoue Assistant Director
Art Teruo Kajitani Set Decoration
Directing Yoshiyuki Kuroda Assistant Director
Sound Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
Production Akinari Suzuki Associate Producer
Production Masaichi Nagata Executive Producer
Lighting Kenichi Okamoto Lighting Technician

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