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Buddha

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

10 average rating
★★★★★
10
Japanese / 157 MIN. / 1961

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Raizō IchikawaShintarō KatsuKōjirō HongōHiroshi KawaguchiKeizō KawasakiKatsuhiko KobayashiHajime MitamuraMatasaburô NiwaRyūzō ShimadaJōji TsurumiShirō ŌtsujiYoshirō KitaharaJun NegamiKoreya SendaEijirō TōnoBontarō MiakeOsamu TakizawaToshio ChibaRyuichi IshiiYoichi FunakiTatsuo HananunoOsamu MaruyamaSan'emon ArashiMitsugu TerashimaOsamu AbeYūsaku TerashimaShinobu ArakiGen ShimizuShōzō NanbuKōichi KatsuragiRyōnosuke AzumaKōichi MizuharaOkuyama AsaoKinya IchikawaShintarō NanjōSeishiro HaraSaburo DateSumao IshiharaJun FujikawaIkkei TamakiYukio HorikitaFumihiko YokoyamaMasayoshi KikunoHajime KoshikawaBonta MaruTokio OkiYūji HamadaJukai IchikawaMachiko KyōTamao NakamuraCharito SolisJunko KanoFujiko YamamotoIsuzu YamadaYumeji TsukiokaTanie KitabayashiChikako HosokawaHaruko SugimuraReiko FujiwaraTokiko MitaHiromi IchidaMichiko AiReiko KongōKimiko TachibanaSachiko HoriTeruko ŌmiGanjirō Nakamura IIMieko Kondō

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