The Burning Buddha Man

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The Burning Buddha Man

There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. She needs to know what caused the death of a parents and dreams of revenge. She goes on a fantastical journey to ultimately face the demon. The entire film is produced by hand drawing all the gods 'manifesto animation' or 'gekimation' based on the amazing hand drawings.

Original Title

燃える仏像人間

Release Date

2013-02-23

Year

2013

Duration

1h 20m

Status

Released

Score

3.60

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Cast

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Mitsuko Hoshi

Mitsuko Hoshi

Yuka Iguchi

Yuka Iguchi

Ryûki Kitaoka

Ryûki Kitaoka

Kazuyoshi Sakai

Kazuyoshi Sakai

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Saori Takahashi

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

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Nao Hanai