Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha: The Great Departure

2011. 111 min., 35 mm, in Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed by Kozo Morishita. With the voices of Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masato Sakai, Kiyokazu Kanze, Hidetaka Yoshioka.

The much-anticipated animated epic based on Osamu Tezuka’s landmark bio of the Buddha. A spectacular, philosophical drama of life told through the eyes of Siddhartha, who will later become the Buddha.

Part of Japan Cuts 2011: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema

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