Buddha (1961)
19612h 37mDrama
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.
Cast
Raizō IchikawaKunala
Shintarō KatsuDevadatta
Kōjirō HongōSiddhartha
Hiroshi KawaguchiAjashartu
Keizō KawasakiUpali
Katsuhiko KobayashiAnanda- HHajime MitamuraShariputra
Matasaburô NiwaSanna
Ryūzō ShimadaBhutika
Jōji TsurumiAaraama
Shirō ŌtsujiKalodayin- YYoshirō KitaharaKaundinya
Jun NegamiMahakashyapa
Koreya SendaShuddhodana
Eijirō TōnoSuratha
Bontarō MiakeChanna
Osamu Takizawa- TToshio ChibaGraha
Crew
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Writers
- Fuji Yahiro
- Producers
- Masaichi Nagata
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
- Cinematography
- Hiroshi Imai
- Editing
- Kanji Suganuma
Details
- Released
- October 31, 1961
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- Daiei Film
- IMDb
- tt0054706