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The Great Buddha Arrival

The Great Buddha Arrival (2018)

December 15, 2018 (JP) • Fantasy, Science Fiction • 60m

Overview

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.

Director

Hiroto Yokokawa

Top Billed

Akira Takarada

Keywords

buddha kaiju
Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada

Narrator

Yuki Morita
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

Robert Scott Field
Robert Scott Field

Mysterious person - Cameo

Shelley Sweeney
Shelley Sweeney

Canadian Interviewer

Bin Furuya
Bin Furuya

Yoshirō Uchida
Yoshirō Uchida

Mayor Sakurai

Ippei Osako
Ippei Osako

Tanaka Producer

Inge Murata
Inge Murata

Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel

Masanori Kikuzawa
Masanori Kikuzawa

Emasasa

Kazuma Yoneyama
Kazuma Yoneyama

Takashi Yasuda
Takashi Yasuda

Maha Caster

Ryotaro Fujiyama
Ryotaro Fujiyama

Ryotaro Fujiyama
Ryotaro Fujiyama

Witness in crowd

Ai Aoki
Ai Aoki

Female suicide

Momoya Iwata
Momoya Iwata

Momorun

Crew
Hiroto Yokokawa
Hiroto Yokokawa

Director of Photography

Hiromi Shinoda
Hiromi Shinoda

Original Music Composer

Kieron Estrada
Kieron Estrada

Director of Photography

Robert Hood
Robert Hood

Writer

Hiroto Yokokawa
Hiroto Yokokawa

Director

Karen Bernadello
Karen Bernadello

Thanks

Damian Bravo
Damian Bravo

Thanks

Matt Frank
Matt Frank

Thanks

Brian Schad
Brian Schad

Thanks

Tim Bean
Tim Bean

Associate Producer

Avery Guerra
Avery Guerra

Consulting Producer

Scott Foy
Scott Foy

Thanks

Andrew Mack
Andrew Mack

Thanks

Jorge Solis
Jorge Solis

Thanks

Jacob Trussell
Jacob Trussell

Thanks

Kieron Estrada
Kieron Estrada

Editor

Christina Thornton
Christina Thornton

Thanks

Yuki Yonezawa
Yuki Yonezawa

Writer

Alan Doshna
Alan Doshna

Associate Producer

George Guzman
George Guzman

Producer

Michael Field
Michael Field

Thanks

Matt Parmley
Matt Parmley

Thanks

Ingo Strecker
Ingo Strecker

Thanks

Jordan Lopez
Jordan Lopez

Thanks

Yuki Morita
Yuki Morita

Thanks

Tim Bean
Tim Bean

Thanks

Robert Galvin
Robert Galvin

Thanks

Mike Phalin
Mike Phalin

Thanks

Christopher Lee Powers
Christopher Lee Powers

Thanks

Todd Sheets
Todd Sheets

Thanks

Jordan Lopez
Jordan Lopez

Associate Producer

Alan Doshna
Alan Doshna

Thanks

Raf Enshohma
Raf Enshohma

Thanks

Daniel Schoenau
Daniel Schoenau

Thanks

Kazuma Yoneyama
Kazuma Yoneyama

Writer

Steven Barton
Steven Barton

Thanks

Jessica Butorac
Jessica Butorac

Thanks

Ed Holland
Ed Holland

Thanks

Jeff Horne
Jeff Horne

Thanks

Charlyn Lynton
Charlyn Lynton

Makeup & Hair

Tracy Gaboury Allen
Tracy Gaboury Allen

Thanks

Joshua Clarke
Joshua Clarke

Thanks

Ash Hamilton
Ash Hamilton

Thanks

Kym Masera Tabor
Kym Masera Tabor

Thanks

Hiroto Yokokawa
Hiroto Yokokawa

Writer

Hiroto Yokokawa
Hiroto Yokokawa

Executive Producer

Avery Guerra
Avery Guerra

Publicist

Duane Drew
Duane Drew

Thanks

George Guzman
George Guzman

Thanks

Maddi MacGillvray
Maddi MacGillvray

Thanks

Christopher Oglio
Christopher Oglio

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Martin Otto
Martin Otto

Thanks

Daniel Solomon
Daniel Solomon

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Shelley Sweeney
Shelley Sweeney

Thanks

Hiroto Yokokawa
Hiroto Yokokawa

Editor

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold

Thanks

Kieron Estrada
Kieron Estrada

Associate Producer

Mac Brewer
Mac Brewer

Thanks

Christine Burnham
Christine Burnham

Thanks

Noelle Foster
Noelle Foster

Thanks

Avery Guerra
Avery Guerra

Casting

Keith Aiken
Keith Aiken

Thanks

Alex Conway
Alex Conway

Thanks

Robert Hood
Robert Hood

Thanks

Brian Walker
Brian Walker

Thanks

Robert Hood
Robert Hood

Associate Producer

Norman England
Norman England

Other

Lisa Pinder Butorac
Lisa Pinder Butorac

Thanks

Kyle Byrd
Kyle Byrd

Thanks

Kieron Estrada
Kieron Estrada

Thanks

Michael Field
Michael Field

Associate Producer

Roy Gaskalla
Roy Gaskalla

Thanks

Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson

Thanks

Josh Jorenby
Josh Jorenby

Thanks

Chris Mirjahangir
Chris Mirjahangir

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Peggy Neal
Peggy Neal

Thanks

Chris Picard
Chris Picard

Thanks

Paco Taylor
Paco Taylor

Thanks



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Status

Released

Original Language

JA

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