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Buddha

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Calorie Rating: 221
Released: 1961-10-31
Running Time: 157 Minutes
Studios: Daiei Film,


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.

Director / Directors

Akira Inoue
Assistant Director
Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Assistant Director



Cast

Raizō Ichikawa
Character: Kunala
Shintarō Katsu
Character: Devadatta
Kōjirō Hongō
Character: Siddhartha

Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Character: Ajashartu
Keizô Kawasaki
Character: Upali
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Character: Ananda

Hajime Mitamura
Character: Shariputra
Matasaburô Niwa
Character: Sanna
Ryûzô Shimada
Character: Bhutika

Jōji Tsurumi
Character: Aaraama
Shirō Ōtsuji
Character: Kalodayin
Yoshirô Kitahara
Character: Kaundinya

Jun Negami
Character: Mahakashyapa
Koreya Senda
Character: Shuddhodana
Eijirō Tōno
Character: Suratha

Bontarō Miake
Character: Channa
Toshio Chiba
Character: Graha

Ryuichi Ishii
Character: Bandhu
Yoichi Funaki
Character: Maudgaliputra

Osamu Maruyama
Character: Jivaka
San'emon Arashi
Character: Raayana
Mitsugu Terashima
Character: Grand Chamberlain

Yūsaku Terashima
Character: Fortuneteller

Gen Shimizu
Character: Kisaka
Kōichi Katsuragi
Character: Suprabuddha

Ryōnosuke Azuma
Character: Bashpa
Okuyama Asao
Character: Old man

Kinya Ichikawa
Character: Chunda
Shintarō Nanjō
Character: Mahanaman
Seishirō Hara
Character: Bhadrika

Saburo Date
Character: Ashvajit

Ikkei Tamaki
Character: Man in crowd 2
Yukio Horikita
Character: Guard A
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Character: Man in crowd 1

Masayoshi Kikuno
Character: Man in crowd 3
Hajime Koshikawa
Character: Man in crowd 4
Bonta Maru
Character: Young Buddhist priest of Aburaya

Yūji Hamada
Character: Guard B
Jukai Ichikawa
Character: Bimbisara

Machiko Kyō
Character: Nandabala
Tamao Nakamura
Character: Auttami
Charito Solis
Character: Yashodara

Junko Kano
Character: Matangi
Fujiko Yamamoto
Character: Usha
Isuzu Yamada
Character: Kalideva

Yumeji Tsukioka
Character: Takshakara
Tanie Kitabayashi
Character: Sumi
Chikako Hosokawa
Character: Maya

Haruko Sugimura
Character: Vaidehi
Reiko Fujiwara
Character: Child's Mother
Tokiko Mita
Character: Sari

Hiromi Ichida
Character: Naccha
Michiko Ai
Character: Kalika
Reiko Kongō
Character: Sabhaya

Kimiko Tachibana
Character: Amita

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Character: Ashoka
Mieko Kondō
Character: Amana


Production and Crew

Hiroshi Imai
Director of Photography

Teruo Kajitani
Set Decoration
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer

Akinari Suzuki
Associate Producer
Kenichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician