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.

Genres:

Drama

Release:

Oct 31, 1961

Production:

Daiei Film

Casts:

Raizō Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu, Kōjirō Hongō, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Keizô Kawasaki, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Hajime Mitamura, Matasaburô Niwa, Ryûzô Shimada, Jōji Tsurumi, Shirō Ōtsuji, Yoshirô Kitahara, Jun Negami, Koreya Senda, Eijirō Tōno, Bontarō Miake, Osamu Takizawa, Toshio Chiba, Ryuichi Ishii, Yoichi Funaki, Tatsuo Hananuno, Osamu Maruyama, San'emon Arashi, Mitsugu Terashima, Osamu Abe, Yūsaku Terashima, Shinobu Araki, Gen Shimizu, Shōzō Nanbu, Kōichi Katsuragi, Ryōnosuke Azuma, Kōichi Mizuhara, Okuyama Asao, Kinya Ichikawa, Shintarō Nanjō, Seishirō Hara, Saburo Date, Sumao Ishihara, Jun Fujikawa, Ikkei Tamaki, Yukio Horikita, Fumihiko Yokoyama, Masayoshi Kikuno, Hajime Koshikawa, Bonta Maru, Tokio Oki, Yūji Hamada, Jukai Ichikawa, Machiko Kyō, Tamao Nakamura, Charito Solis, Junko Kano, Fujiko Yamamoto, Isuzu Yamada, Yumeji Tsukioka, Tanie Kitabayashi, Chikako Hosokawa, Haruko Sugimura, Mieko Kendo, Reiko Fujiwara, Tokiko Mita, Hiromi Ichida, Michiko Ai, Reiko Kongō, Kimiko Tachibana, Sachiko Hori, Teruko Omi, Ganjirō Nakamura II