The Burning Buddha Man (2013)

02/23/2013 (JP) • 1h 20m

Horror, Animation, Thriller, Fantasy

Overview

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

buddhism

transformation

buddha

thief

murder

puppetry

demon

folklore

buddhist temple

japanese folklore

gekimation

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