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The Great Buddha Arrival
The Great Buddha Arrival

The Great Buddha Arrival

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

60 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

15 December 2018

Country

Japan

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

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