Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku

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English: Buddha: The Great Departure

Synonyms: Osamu Tezuka's Buddha Movie 1: The Red Desert! It's Beautiful

Japanese: 手塚治虫のブッダ－赤い砂漠よ！美しく－

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 28, 2011

Producers: Tezuka Productions

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Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Drama, Historical, Military, Supernatural

Duration: 1 hr. 51 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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In ancient Nepal, the lives of the re plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and the injustices of the strict caste system. The intertwining lives of many unhappy souls are drawn together by the birth of the young prince Siddhartha, who embarks on a spiritual journey, becomes Buddha, "the Enlightened One," and attempts to bring about a spiritual rebirth of the people in this desperate age.

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Adaptation:	Buddha
Sequel:	Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Owarinaki Tabi

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Gautama, Siddhartha

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Orikasa, Ai
Japanese

Tatta

Main

Chapra

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Takeuchi, Junko
Japanese

Bandaka

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Fujiwara, Keiji
Japanese

Yasodhara

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Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Migaila

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Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Tatta

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Ootani, Ikue
Japanese

Naradatta

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Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Budai

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Genda, Tessyo
Japanese

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Sakurada, Hiroyuki

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Morishita, Kouzou

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Yamamuro, Tadayoshi

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"Scarlet Love Song" by X Japan

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Nov 5, 2012

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

neUtrino_23 (All reviews)

25 people found this review helpful

To me, this movie completely misses its (presumed) point.

SYNOPSIS: The creators try to get the viewer feeling nearly as bad about all the suffering in the world as Siddharta/Buddha does, they failed for 2 reasons:
- rushed simplification
- the use of a lot of violence to ENTERTAIN the viewers, which (out of complete paradox) contradicts the primary purpose

Being about the life and struggles of Buddha I just expected something completely different.

Before watching it I didn't know that the producers planned it to be the start of a series of films, I also do not know the manga. My expectations were nurtured by two books:
'Siddhartha' by read more

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Apr 27, 2016

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Deago (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

"Man does not attain all his heart’s desires for the winds do not blow as the vessels wish"
— Al-Mutanabbi

This story talks about two boys who were born in different conditions. Chapra, is an ambitious slave. While Siddhartha is an aristocrat.

The movies starts with introducing the main characters; giving the viewer an idea of the characters relations to each other, and also tells us about the current setting; which is a cruel world with a never-ending war between two nations; Shudra and Kosala. Also the movie acquaint us with the four-social class system people live with; where the worst of the four were the laborers and read more

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Jan 25, 2018

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

OnegaiSensei666 (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

" This was the moment Siddharta first pressed his hands together in prayer. " " Siddharta. one who has accomplished his goal. " " You, who can accept the burden of the suffering of others on your own shoulders...You will find the path you must take. It was only later that he became the Buddha, also know as the enlighted one "

Movie missed point. Well this movie was something on a different level, it was breath taking and unique.

Story: Well at first glance i expected it to be movie only about Buddha and not only his past, which was quite dissapointing. They basically only showed his past and event in that era when there was a lot of slaves trafficking, people living in poverty that had to steal to survive. Also story was very confusing from the beggining to the end and it was more focused on other characters than Buddha itself, or should we call him " prince " cause that fits more in this movie, cause they only showed a small glance at the ending about him becoming Buddha and going to search for the answer.Also it was very sad story, and characters struggling through poverty and prince enjoying his life, and he never saw life behind the wealthy life until somewhere aroung middle of the movie, where he meet Migaila ( minor character ), girl that grow up in poverty.She had a lot of inpact on his view on the world and other poor peoples.

Anyway it was very confusing but interesting story that was also depressive and sad for me, but kinda dissapointing ( and when i said kinda i mean just a little bit )

Animation: Now this was very good, it was way much better than i expected it to be. You could see how they put effort in every single detail but some scenes were a little bit rushed.

Sound: Well it was good. And also outro song is really nice.

Characters: This is where i felt kinda dissapointed.

Siddharta Gauitama aka " Budhha " is good guy from royal family that doesn't really fighting and seeing other people suffer. Pretty much you can describe him as good guy from rich family that isn't looking down on other poor people or people with weak social status.He doesn't care about other peoples opinion that he shouldn't talk to poor and weak people. Also his voice acting was kinda bad if you ask me, i mean you could get guy from the street and he would do it better.

Chapra aka " Best swordman in kingdom ", " General " is the character that was getting attention most of the time.You can describe him as goodbay guy ( really don't know how to describe it, it's unique ) which grow up in a poverty and saw a lot of people dead. There wasn't really much of his feels in this movie except him showing his love for his mother and reversed.

Tatta aka " Guy with mystical power " he is the character that i didn't really get much, he was basically once time with Chapra, and then Chapra went to become general and that's when all his trails are losing. But he isn't fully without feelings, he showed anger , chillness and i don't really know what much to say about him.. sorry :P

Overall: As i statead in beggining, this movie was capable of so much and confusing story and voice acting kinda bringed it down a little bit. Anyway it's enjoyable and decent movie that can be watched.They will probably show more in sequel to this movie ( Buezuka Osamu no Buddha: Owarinaki Tabi )

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