The Lost Kaiju Movie | The Great Buddha
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2022
- Today I look at what may have been the very first Japanese Kaiju Movie to ever have been made. The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) directed by Yoshiro Edamasa. I'll also be covering its sequel/reboot made in 2018 by 3Y Film, the same company that would go on to make Nezura 1964 (2020) and the upcoming Kaija Picture Hoshi 35 (2023).
Sources
The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films by John LeMay
Japanese Special Effects Cinema: Godfathers of Tokusatsu: Vol. 1 by J.L. Carrozza
The Great Buddha Arrival Official Website
Behold! The Giant Buddha Statue Comes Alive!" on Enshohma's Corner
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I was not expecting to hear that people jumping into a volcano would prompt a film about a giant Buddha touring the city
History has some pretty outlandish turns of events.
It was literally the Japanese version of "Y'all need Jesus!"
It's a shame so many kaiju movies have been lost to time.
"So many"? You can count them with both hands.
not to time, to war
@@tangroro That's what I said. There aren't that many.
@@thatguyfromm7878 I wasn't replying to your comment
It is kinda surprising how many weird obscure kaiju flicks exist. It really shows the potential and flexibility of the genre.
It's pretty interesting that this movie could possibly be the first Japanese kaiju movie
The heaven and hell segment from the lost movie sounds like something from an art film.
10:05
Another film with a stone (well, bronze rather) being thrashing at everything I recommend is Jason and the Argonauts!
The stopmotion used to portray Talos is simply wonderful, and simply another reason why I love Jason and the Argonauts.
Ah yes, The Buddha, my favorite giant monster.
But he's not a giant monster though 😐
@@joeysullivanTM That was the joke.
Maybe this means I'm immature (it does), but when someone says, "You can't see this," I REALLY want to see it.
Interesting and informative video, well done.
I recall that there is a manga which features a horde of giant killer buddha statues. Not being into nihilistic survival manga, I didn't commit the name to memory. Speaking of which, I recommend Paranormal Disaster Management - it follows a lady's career as an expert on kaiju and other entities, and has been a good read so far.
It’s sounds like something from gantz
@Sailor Shark it's gotta be Gantz, that's the only manga I can think of
Very interesting, shame the reboot wasn't that good though. It would be incredible if one day these lost films (Buddha and the Kong one) were found preserved somewhere
The whole idea for the lost film actually sounds really interesting & a proper reboot in the vein of, what I'm hearing about, Shin Ultraman would be a great movie, imo. A kaiju movie about hanging onto hope & how the kaiju helps ppl would also just be such a palette cleanser.
The legacy of the great living Daibutsu has rippled across Japanese pop culture in ways that may or may not be direct references to it. Some notable ones include an episode from the infamous, so-bad-it's-good series Chargeman Ken! in which invading aliens bring the statue to life to let it go on a rampage. The other notable reference is in GANTZ by Hiroya Oku, in which there's an entire story arc about the main characters battling an army of sentient Buddhist shrine statues, including the famous Daibutsu.
I was seriously interested in lost kaijus films because they are Interesting.
Thanks for the video!! Great info!! You’re a rock star!!
I just wanna say I love your content and I think you are way underrated for such good quality videos!
The plot of the 2018 movie is like if someone saw Godzilla and wanted to make a movie about a fictional character trying to prove it really happened. That’s a terrible idea for a movie. I’m surprised someone hasn’t made it and turned it into a Cloverfield movie
Oh wow, was a fascinating pair of movies! A shame the original has been lost to time, but hopefully one day I'll get a chance to watch the newer one. :) Well done, another great video!
look I'll give them points for effort and you know I never give up hope of the original turning look the first ever what we'd consider a movie, being over an hour and on multiple reels, an Australian movie The Story of the Kelly Gang from 1906 was thought completely lost but they have over the years managed to find 17 minutes of footage from it so fingers crossed
Please talk about the lost 2nd half of 4kids Ultraman Tiga dub. It was completely produced
This may be the closest we will get to a David Lynch kaiju movie.
you should do more videos on lost films and independent Kaiju films
Makes me wonder if people jumping in Mihara's crater is what inspired Godzilla to do the same in 1984. Because that is the same volcano methinks.
Buddha goes sick school.
Bow down to our Lord and Savior the Buddha
it's actually Jesus
Japanese people committed suicide by throwing themselves into a live volcano?
That's pretty metal. : |
Ah I see The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) is like Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
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Do you plan on doing a video on the film "Space Monster Wangmagwi" once it's released?
Hi paper finz,please can you talk about Guilala?
Could The Great Buddha (1934) have been the inspiration behind the Daimajin Trilogy(1966--68)? Both movies qualify as kaiju genre. Too bad the original movie was destroyed in WW2 when Tokyo was bombed--only a handful of film clips survive.
Were any prints of the 1934 movie ever distributed overseas? 🐉🐉🐉🐲
Where can we see this?
I can read enough Japanese to tell that the original movie was a "talkie" (what they called movies with sound when that was a new thing). They're using the English word written out in katakana.
It sounds like the newer movie would've been better as a documentary about the original instead of what they actually did. It kind of reminds me of that Three Stooges movie from a few years ago. I would've been interested in seeing those actors play the actors who played the Stooges in a biopic, but instead they just have the Stooges going around meeting people like "Snookie", making the movie almost instantly more dated than the original Three Stooges shorts.
What was that poster next to the Hoshi poster?
Ghost-Cat Rhapsody
Heard that this was supposedly a horror movie
This movie was controversial, and it offended many people who are Buddhist.
That screen name.
Can you look at daimajin
Exactly
1:48 O_O
Kinda like the first ever animated movie that was produced in argentina and also the movie that would be the world's first Cel animated movie that was from italy
Which is an adaptation of pinocchio but that adaptation would be canceled while the world's first animated film that was produced in argentina was lost in a fire
Hey did you know toho planning to make a the Loch Ness Monster movie title called nessie.😉 if you don't believe me check it out.
This film is strange YOU PLAY MINECRAFT? AT DECEMBER THE GODZILLA VS KONG YOU CAN CONTROL MOD FOR MINECRAFT BEDROCK However this movie is strange for the kaiju and scenes
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This is just a film abiut gigantic religion attack city but im a buddhis im not offended i think its kinda funny
Why make god a monster?
Bad take dude; this sounds like a deep cut love letter to forgotten actors representing a forgotten movie.
I'm from Canada where suicide is encouraged. No problem here.
Now I need a film called "Buddha goes to Canada".
Lord buddha not kaiju 😠😡
"Taboo relationship" dude just say a lesbian/gay relationship, why are you censoring that?
Exactly