The Great Buddha Arrival

The Great Buddha Arrival (Japanese: 大仏廻国, Hepburn: Daibutsu Kaikoku) is a 2018 Japanese kaiju film directed by Hiroto Yokokawa. The film was based on the lost 1934 film of the same name, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson.[3] Additional footage with new actors was shot to extend the film's run time for international distribution, with still more footage shot for a Japanese theatrical release on September 4, 2020, termed the Final Edition.[4][5]

The Great Buddha Arrival
Theatrical release poster by Yoshiki Takahashi
Directed byHiroto Yokokawa
Screenplay by
  • Hiroto Yokokawa
  • Yuki Yonezawa
  • Kazuma Yoneyama,
  • Kensaku Sakai
Based onThe Great Buddha Arrival: Chukyo Edition
by 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¥1,481 million[2]

Cast
  • Masanori Kikuzawa as Yoshiro Edamasa
  • Kazuma Yoneyama as Murata[6]
  • Shelley Sweeney as Canadian interviewer[7]
  • Philip Granger as President of the United States
  • Peggy Neal as Dr. Mary Lisa Gleason[8]
  • Norman England as American newscaster[9]
  • Akira Kubo as Prime Minister Maki[5]
  • Yukijiro Hotaru as Detective Osaki[13]
  • Shiro Sano as Newscaster Miyakura (Final Edition)[14]
  • Bin Furuya as Kazuyoshi Edamasa (Final Edition)[15]
  • 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

Background

In his youth the film's director Hiroto Yokokawa was introduced by a friend to the Godzilla series about the existence of The Great Buddha Arrival.[2] In 2016, he contacted Kazuyoshi Fohara, the grandson of Yoshiro Edamasa, and the project started.[2]

Production

Actors who have appeared in Tokusatsu films (such as Godzilla, Gamera) that influenced Yokokawa, such as Akira Takarada and Yukijiro Hotaru, were appointed. There is. Although 80% of the offers were declined, some casts decided to appear because "if Mr. Takarada will appear".[2]

Part of the production cost is raised by Crowdfunding, and when the article was published in Yahoo! News, United States producer Avery Guerra translated the article into English.[2] that the existence of this work became known overseas because of the introduction, and there are also overseas actors (Philip Granger etc.) who decided to appear as a result.[2]

Home media

The film will soon be released in North America by SRS Cinema.[16]

See also

References
  1. "Bad Karma Awaits Tokyo in the Bizarre New Kaiju Flick the Great Buddha Arrival". 16 March 2018.
  2. "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "大仏廻国 The Great Buddha Arrival : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.
  5. "SciFi Japan - Toho Legend Akira Kubo Joins THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL!". SciFi Japan. Retrieved July 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "米山冬馬". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  7. "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.
  8. "ペギー・ニール". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  9. "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.
  10. "岩田桃夏". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  11. "CAST/STAFF". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  12. "小林夕岐子". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  13. "螢雪次朗". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  14. "佐野史郎". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  15. "古谷敏". 映画『大仏廻国』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  16. Keith. "SRS Cinema Secures THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL and NEZURA 1964 For North American Distribution!". www.scifijapan.com. Retrieved July 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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