The Rebirth of Buddha

The Rebirth of Buddha (仏陀再誕, Buddasaitan, lit. "Buddha's Return") is a Japanese animated movie produced by the new religious movement Happy Science. It is an adaption of a book by Ryuho Okawa, the CEO of Happy Science, and was released on October 17, 2009.[1]

The Rebirth of Buddha
Directed byTakaaki Ishiyama
Produced byRyuho Okawa
Written byHiroshi Ohkawa
Screenplay byHiroshi Ohkawa
Based onThe Rebirth of Buddha
by Ryuho Okawa
StarringAmi Koshimizu
Music byYūichi Mizusawa
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • 17 October 2009 (2009-10-17) (Japan)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

This movie was planned to be released in theaters overseas, being dubbed into six languages and subtitled in twelve languages.[1]

Plot

Seventeen year old Sayako Amanokawa (天の川 清子, Amanokawa Sayako) is a sophomore high school student at an all-girls school who has aspirations of becoming a famous world-class journalist just like Tokuzo Kanemoto, an old family friend of her father's. However, Kanemoto who was angerly shammed for a false report jumps in front of a train track and commits suicide, supposedly killing himself as a result-(which is later shown on the news channel the next day). Ever since then, Sayako develops the ability to see spirits and almost gets killed herself by one of the spirits-(who was attempting to forcibly push her near a speeding train) while on her way home from school. Then, after getting involved in that near-fatal incident she experiences something extraordinary. The journalist inside her head began to make Sayako curious, while wanting to find answers about whats going on she embarks on a special quest with her closest friend Yuki Unabara, along with Taiyou Sorano-(a mysterious young man who possesses special powers, Mari Kimura-(a young woman who works for the local news station), Harry Badson-(an Australian-American spiritualist), and Shunta Amanokawa-(an elementary school student and Sayako's younger brother) to find out about the truth and to find out who is the mysterious "Buddha".

Characters
Taiyou Sorano (ソラノ 太陽, Sorano Taiyou)
Sayako Amanokawa (天の川 清子, Amanokawa Sayako)
Yuki Unabara (海原 由紀, Unabara Yuki)
Shunta Amanokawa (天の川 太郎, Amanokawa Shunta)
Mari Kimura (キメラ マリ, Kimura Mari)
Harry Badson (ハリー・バドソン, Harī Badoson)
  • Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu
Mrs. Amanokawa (天の川 サン, Amanokawa-san)
Ippei Amanokawa (天の川 一平, Amanokawa Ippei)
Tokuzo Kanemoto (金元 徳蔵, Kanemoto Tokuzo)
Mysterious Shaman (神秘的なシャーマン, Nazo no Shaman)
Takeshi Komayama (コマヤマ 武, Komayama Takeshi)
Kaori (カオリ)
  • Voiced by: Hisayo Yanai
Mami (マミ)
  • Voiced by: Touko Aoyama
Tomoko (トモコ)
Rina (リナ)

References
  1. "Pile of Shame – Rebirth of Buddha". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 5, 2017.


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