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The Great Buddha Arrival
“You can not reach Sukhavati without watching this.”
60%
Movie
1h 0m
AI Analysis
The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) — a movie tagged as Fantasy and Science Fiction with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~60 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Great Buddha Arrival 60% (4 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
60%
from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2018-12-15
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 607435
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What is The Great Buddha Arrival about?
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 ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Great Buddha Arrival?
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How long is the movie The Great Buddha Arrival?
The official runtime for The Great Buddha Arrival is approximately 60 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Akira Takarada
Narrator
- Y
Yuki Morita
Announcer Itano
Toshi Toda
Maxwell (Toshi) James
Philip Granger
US President
Yukiko Kobayashi
Yuko Murata
Akira Kubo
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Shiro Sano
Peggy Neal
Dr. Mary Lisa Gleason
Yukijiro Hotaru
Detective Osaki
Norman England
American caster
- R
Robert Scott Field
Mysterious person - Cameo
Shelley Sweeney
Canadian Interviewer
Bin Furuya
Yoshirō Uchida
Mayor Sakurai
Ippei Osako
Tanaka Producer
- I
Inge Murata
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel
- M
Masanori Kikuzawa
Emasasa
Kazuma Yoneyama
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