The Great Buddha Arrival

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The Great Buddha Arrival
Theatrical release poster by Yoshiki Takahashi
Directed byHiroto Yokokawa
Screenplay by
  • Hiroto Yokokawa
  • Yuki Yonezawa
  • Kazuma Yoneyama,
  • Kensaku Sakai
Based on
Yoshiro Edamasa
Produced byHiroto Yokokawa
Avery Guerra
Starring
CinematographyHiroto Yokokawa
Edited byHiroto Yokokawa
Music byHiromi Shinoda
Production
company
3Y Film
Distributed by3Y Film
Release date
  • December 2018 (2018-12)[1]
Running time
50 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥3 million[2]

The Great Buddha Arrival (

Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson.[3] Additional footage with new actors was shot to extend the film's run time for international distribution. Still more footage was shot for a Japanese theatrical release, termed the Final Edition.[4][5]
This last release occurred on September 4, 2020.

Background

After the release of the

Yoshiro Edamasa
, and the project of creating a remake began.

Production

Actors who have appeared in

Yukijiro Hotaru, were asked to appear in the film. Although 80% of the offers were declined, some tokusatsu actors decided to appear because "Mr. Takarada will appear".[2]

Part of the production cost was raised by crowdfunding. In particular, a description of the project that was translated into English by producer Avery Guerra and published on Yahoo! News, created interest in the project. In addition a few overseas actors such as Philip Granger decided to appear, which further led to international knowledge of the project.[2]

Home media

As of 2023, the film is available to stream on Amazon Prime.[7]

Cast

  • Masanori Kikuzawa as
    Yoshiro Edamasa
  • Kazuma Yoneyama as Murata[8]
  • Shelley Sweeney as Canadian interviewer[9]
  • Philip Granger as President of the United States
  • Peggy Neal as Dr. Mary Lisa Gleason[10]
  • Norman England as American newscaster[11]
  • Akira Kubo as Prime Minister Maki[5]
  • Iwata Momoka as Momorun[12]
  • Akira Takarada as Storyteller[13]
  • Yukiko Kobayashi as Yuko Murata[14]
  • Yukijiro Hotaru as Detective Osaki[15]
  • Shiro Sano as Newscaster Miyakura (Final Edition)[16]
  • Bin Furuya as Kazuyoshi Edamasa (Final Edition)[17]
  • Yuma as Kitayama
  • Ai Aoki as Female suicide
  • Takashi Yasuda as Reporter Kayama
  • Iku Hasegawa as Emasasa's sweetheart
  • Yoshiro Uchida as Mayor Sakurai
  • Ippei Osako as Producer Tanaka
  • Yuki Morita as Announcer Sakano
  • Inge Murata as Chancellor of Germany
  • Toshi Toda as Maxwell (Toshi) James
  • Yoshihiko Otsuki as Physicist
  • Junichiro Nirasawa as Paranormal researcher
  • Robert Scott Field as Mysterious person
  • Takahiro Yamakawa
  • Ryotaro Fujiyama
  • Francisco de Borja De la Bella

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bad Karma Awaits Tokyo in the Bizarre New Kaiju Flick the Great Buddha Arrival". 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "平成最後の年末にリメイクされる幻の特撮映画『大仏廻国』とは一体何か? 横川寛人監督に聞く". Excite Bit コネタ. 2018-09-09. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "大仏廻国 The Great Buddha Arrival : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Guerra, Avery (29 July 2020). "THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL – Final Edition – Adds 2 More Kaiju Film Legends!". SciFi Japan. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
  5. ^ a b "SciFi Japan - Toho Legend Akira Kubo Joins THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL!". SciFi Japan. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Filmfax Plus Magazine #163". Atomic Books. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  7. ^ "Amazon.com: The Great Buddha Arrival : Hiroto Yokokawa: Prime Video". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  8. ^ "米山冬馬". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  9. ^ "シェリー・スゥエニー". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  10. ^ "ペギー・ニール". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  11. ^ "ノーマン・イングランド". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  12. ^ "岩田桃夏". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  13. ^ "CAST/STAFF". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  14. ^ "小林夕岐子". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  15. ^ "螢雪次朗". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  16. ^ "佐野史郎". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  17. ^ "古谷敏". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.

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