The Burning Buddha Man

Name: The Burning Buddha Man
Genre: Horror, Animation, Thriller, Fantasy
Released: 2013-02-23
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 3.6
Cast: Chisako Hara, Mitsuko Hoshi, Yuka Iguchi, Ryûki Kitaoka, Kazuyoshi Sakai

3.6/ 10 · 0K votes

2013-02-23

1h 20m

Released

Horror Animation Thriller Fantasy

Storyline

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.

Director

Ujicha

Keywords

buddhism transformation buddha thief murder puppetry demon folklore buddhist temple japanese folklore gekimation

Production