Movielogr
Buddha (1961)
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Overview
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.
Length 157 minutes
Actors
Raizō Ichikawa | Shintarō Katsu | Kojiro Hongo | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Keizô Kawasaki | Katsuhiko Kobayashi | Hajime Mitamura | Matasaburô Niwa | Ryûzô Shimada | Jôji Tsurumi | Shirô Ôtsuji | Yoshirô Kitahara | Jun Negami | Koreya Senda | Eijirô Tôno | Bontarô Miake | Osamu Takizawa | Toshio Chiba | Ryuichi Ishii | Yoichi Funaki | Tatsuo Hananuno | Osamu Maruyama | San'emon Arashi | Mitsugu Terashima | Osamu Abe | Yûsaku Terashima | Shinobu Araki | Gen Shimizu | Shôzô Nanbu | Kôichi Katsuragi | Ryônosuke Azuma | Kôichi Mizuhara | Okuyama Asao | Kinya Ichikawa | Shintarô Nanjô | Seishirô Hara | Saburo Date | Sumao Ishihara | Jun Fujikawa | Ikkei Tamaki | Yukio Horikita | Fumihiko Yokoyama | Masayoshi Kikuno | Hajime Koshikawa | Bonta Maru | Tokio Oki | Yûji Hamada | Jukai Ichikawa | Machiko Kyō | Tamao Nakamura | Charito Solis | Junko Kano | Fujiko Yamamoto | Isuzu Yamada | Yumeji Tsukioka | Tanie Kitabayashi | Chikako Hosokawa | Haruko Sugimura | Reiko Fujiwara | Tokiko Mita | Hiromi Ichida | Michiko Ai | Reiko Kongo | Kimiko Tachibana | Sachiko Hori | Teruko Omi | Ganjirô Nakamura | Mieko Kondo