Buddha
Cast & Crew
Kenji Misumi
Kojiro Hongo
Charito Solis
Shintaro Katsu
Machiko Kyo
Raizo Ichikawa
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Prince Siddhartha is born to a royal family; although it is not spring, the trees blossom, and the air is filled with music. The prince grows up in luxury, and when he is 20 years old, he wins the hand of Princess Yashodhara. They live in wealthy seclusion until Siddhartha discovers that the world outside his palace walls is full of poverty, sickness, and hunger; he leaves the palace in search of spiritual guidance. While he is away, his evil cousin Devadatta attacks Yashodhara, and she commits suicide because of her disgrace. The tragedy does not deter Siddhartha from his meditations, however, and after 6 years, enlightenment comes to him under the sacred tree. He is spiritually reborn as Buddha and begins to teach and perform miracles. Meanwhile, Devadatta uses thousands of slaves to build a temple to the evil gods of the occult and orders the murder of all the Buddhist priests. This activity brings about an earthquake and fires that destroy the evil temple, and Devadatta falls into the earth during the quake. He is saved and forgiven by Buddha. At the end of his life, Buddha bids farewell to his people and enters Nirvana.
Director
Kenji Misumi
Cast
Kojiro Hongo
Charito Solis
Shintaro Katsu
Machiko Kyo
Raizo Ichikawa
Fujiko Yamamoto
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Tamao Nakamura
Junko Kano
Mieko Kondo
Tokiko Mita
Hiromi Ichida
Michiko Ai
Matasaburo Niwa
Keizo Kawasaki
Reiko Fujiwara
Gen Mitamura
Ryuzo Shimada
Joji Tsurumi
Shiro Otsuji
Yoshiro Kitahara
Jun Negami
Ganjiro Nakamura
Toshio Chiba
Ryuichi Ishii
Yoichi Funaki
Sanemon Arashi
Osamu Maryuama
Gen Shimizu
Isuzu Yamada
Yumeji Tsukioka
Tanie Kitabayashi
Chikako Hosokawa
Haruko Sugimura
Koreya Senda
Eijiro Tono
Bontaro Miyake
Osamu Takizawa
Jukai Ichikawa
Koichi Katsuragi
Ryonosuke Azuma
Shintaro Nanjyo
Kinya Ichikawa
Seishiro Hara
Saburo Date
Kongo Reiko
Kimiko Tachibana
Crew
So-ichi Aisaka
Masatsugu Hashimoto
Akira Ifukube
Hiroshi Imai
Akira Inoue
Kisaku Ito
Teruo Kajitani
Yoshiaki Kiura
Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Chishi Makiura
Tooru Matoba
Masaichi Nagata
Akira Naito
Hachiro Nakajima
Gakuro Nakamura
Takio Nakamura
Kenichi Okamoto
Masao Osumi
Tomio Sagisu
Kiitsu Sakakibara
Kanji Suganuma
Akinari Suzuki
Toshiharu Takatsu
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Jin Ueda
Yoshio Ueno
Yoshio Watanabe
Fuji Yahiro
Tatsuyuki Yokota
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Released in Japan in 1963 as Shaka; running time: 156 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 2, 1963
Technirama
Released in United States Summer July 2, 1963
