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 | |
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Directed by | Hiroto Yokokawa |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | The Great Buddha Arrival: Chukyo Edition by Yoshiro Edamasa |
Produced by | Hiroto Yokokawa Avery Guerra |
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Cinematography | Hiroto Yokokawa |
Edited by | Hiroto Yokokawa |
Music by | Hiromi Shinoda |
Production company | 3Y Film |
Distributed by | 3Y Film |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Budget | ¥1,481 million[2] |
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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]
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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]
The film will soon[when?] be released in North America by SRS Cinema.[16]
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