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The Great Buddha Arrival (1934)

The Great Buddha Arrival poster
Original title
大佛廻國
Directed by
Yoshirō Edamasa
Genre
fantasy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 15m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A giant Buddha statue comes to life and travels across Japan. The film shows its path through different regions.

fantasticalspectacularwhimsicalepicgrandioseplayfulsuspensefullegends-driven

What happens

The Great Buddha Arrival (大佛廻國, Daibutsu Kaikoku), also known as The Great Buddha Arrival: Chukyo Edition (大佛廻國・中京編, Daibutsu Kaikoku Chūkyōhen), is a lost 1934 independently made Japanese black-and-white kaiju film directed by Yoshiro Edamasa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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