The Great Buddha Arrival (2018)
Original title: 大仏廻国
The Great Buddha Arrival is a 2018 Japanese-language fantasy movie directed by Hiroto Yokokawa, with a running time of 1h. It stars Akira Takarada, Yuki Morita and Toshi Toda.
An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson. From Japan, a modern kaiju story based on what may be the first kaiju film.
Where to watch The Great Buddha Arrival
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream, Cineverse Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
Watch free: Bloodstream
Watch free with ads: Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Midnight Pulp, Tubi TV
Rent: Amazon Video
Buy: Amazon Video
Cast
- Akira Takarada as Narrator
- Yuki Morita as Announcer Itano
- Toshi Toda as Maxwell (Toshi) James
- Philip Granger as US President
- Yukiko Kobayashi as Yuko Murata
- Akira Kubo as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
- Shiro Sano
- Peggy Neal as Dr. Mary Lisa Gleason
- Yukijiro Hotaru as Detective Osaki
- Norman England as American caster
- Robert Scott Field as Mysterious person - Cameo
- Shelley Sweeney as Canadian Interviewer