Buddha
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.
Release Date
October 31, 1961Runtime
157 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Kenji Misumi, Akira Inoue, Yoshiyuki KurodaWritten by
Fuji YahiroLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Raizō Ichikawa
KunalaShintarō Katsu
DevadattaKōjirō Hongō
SiddharthaHiroshi Kawaguchi
AjashartuKeizô Kawasaki
UpaliKatsuhiko Kobayashi
AnandaMatasaburô Niwa
SannaRyûzô Shimada
BhutikaJōji Tsurumi
AaraamaShirō Ōtsuji
KalodayinJun Negami
MahakashyapaKoreya Senda
ShuddhodanaEijirō Tōno
SurathaBontarō Miake
ChannaOsamu Takizawa
Yūsaku Terashima
FortunetellerGen Shimizu
KisakaShōzō Nanbu
Kōichi Katsuragi
SuprabuddhaKōichi Mizuhara
Shintarō Nanjō
MahanamanSaburo Date
AshvajitYukio Horikita
Guard ATokio Oki
Yūji Hamada
Guard BMachiko Kyō
NandabalaTamao Nakamura
AuttamiCharito Solis
YashodaraJunko Kano
MatangiFujiko Yamamoto
UshaIsuzu Yamada
KalidevaYumeji Tsukioka
TakshakaraTanie Kitabayashi
SumiChikako Hosokawa
MayaHaruko Sugimura
VaidehiReiko Fujiwara
Child's MotherTokiko Mita
SariHiromi Ichida
NacchaMichiko Ai
KalikaKimiko Tachibana
AmitaTeruko Omi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
AshokaMieko Kondō
Amana