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The Rebirth of Buddha (movie)

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Alternative title:
Buddha Saitan (Japanese)
仏陀再誕 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: 17 year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Since that incident, Sayako suddenly becomes able to see spirits and almost loses her life. However, from that near-fatal incident she experiences something extraordinary. The journalist inside her stirred, she embarks to find out about the truth. But the forces that stand in her way turn out to be much formidable than she ever imagined
User Ratings: 23 ratings have been given [details]
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 Good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Decent: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
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Seen in part or in whole by 41 users, rank: #4087 (of 5563)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.739 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.2883, rank: #4468 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 5.799 (Decent−), rank: #4393 (of 5553) (seen all: 5.97 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.365 (Decent+), rank: #3138 (of 4225)
Running time: 115 minutes
Vintage: 2009-10-17
Premiere date:
2009-10-17 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"Satori ni Challenge" (悟りにチャレンジ) by Woo Sung Min
Official website:
The Rebirth of Buddha Official Website (Japanese)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takaaki Ishiyama
Screenplay: Hiroshi Ohkawa
Music: Yūichi Mizusawa
Original creator: Ryuho Okawa
Art Director: Masaru Sato
Animation Director:
Masami Suda
Riku Satō

Chief Production Supervisor: Ryuho Okawa
VFX Creative Director: Yumiko Kuriya
VFX Supervisor: Oliver Hotz
Ami Koshimizu as Sayako Amanokawa

Banjou Ginga as Tousaku Arai
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Ippei Amanokawa
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Yuuki Unabara
Kotono Mitsuishi as Kimura Mari
Miki Itou as Sayako's mother
Ryoko Shiraishi as Shunta Amanokawa
Ryotaro Okiayu as Harry Badson
Satsuki Yukino as Tomoko
Shigeru Chiba as Takeshi Komayama
Shinichiro Miki as Kakunen
Sumi Shimamoto as Yamada sensei
Takehito Koyasu as Sorano Taiyou

Ako Mayama as Shaman
Hiroki Yasumoto as Tokuzou Kanemoto
Hisayo Yanai as Kaori
Makiko Ohmoto as Rina
Tomomichi Nishimura as Judge of the Spirit World
Touko Aoyama as Mami
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Group TAC
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