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The Great Buddha Arrival

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2018-12-15

Runtime: 60 mins

Director: Hiroto Yokokawa

Writer: Robert Hood, Kazuma Yoneyama, Yuki Yonezawa, Hiroto Yokokawa

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Original title: The Great Buddha Arrival

Production Companies: 3YFILM

Production Countries: Japan

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