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Buddha: The Great Departure

Buddha: The Great DepartureCast and Crew

Movie

Cast

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Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Narration / Chapra's Mother (voice)
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Masato Sakai
as Chapra (voice)
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観世清和
as King Suddhodana (voice)
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Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Siddhartha Gotama / Buddha (voice)
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Ai Orikasa
as Childhood Siddhartha (voice)
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Junko Takeuchi
as Childhood Chapra (voice)
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Tessyo Genda
as General Budai (voice)
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Keiji Fujiwara
as Bandaka (voice)
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Ikue Otani
as Tatta (voice)
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Takahiro Sakurai
as Naradatta (voice)
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Nana Mizuki
as Migaila (voice)
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Tomoka Kurotani
as Princess Marikka (voice)
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観世三郎太
as Joteka (voice)
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Yurika Hino
as Lady Maya (voice)
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Romi Park
as Tatta's Sister (voice)
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Sayaka Ohara
as Lady Pajapati (voice)
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Mamiko Noto
as Princess Yasodharā (voice)
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Yuta Owada
as Messenger (voice)
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Taro Suruga
as Executioner 1 (voice)
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Kenzo Ryu
as Executioner 2 (voice)
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Satomi Korogi
as Baby Siddhartha (voice)
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Ichiro Nagai
as Asita (voice)

Crew

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Kōzō Morishita
Director
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Kazunori Aoki
Key Animation
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Yoshihiro Takeda
Key Animation
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Nobuhiro Masuda
Key Animation
N
Nobuaki Tanaka
Key Animation
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Junichi Hashimoto
Key Animation
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Masahiro Shimanuki
Key Animation
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Ryo Onishi
Key Animation
M
Misao Abe
Key Animation
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Toshiharu Sugie
Key Animation
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Jin Yoshida
Key Animation
M
Michinosuke Nakamura
Key Animation
T
Takeshi Nishino
Key Animation
T
Tomomi Kamiya
Key Animation
Y
Yuki Hayashi
Key Animation
N
Nanae Yonemoto
Key Animation
S
Shuntaro Mura
Key Animation
T
Takahiro Sōda
Key Animation
Y
Yoshitaka Yashima
Key Animation
T
Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Key Animation
M
Manabu Oohashi
Key Animation
R
Reiko Yoshida
Writer
M
Michiru Oshima
Original Music Composer
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Genichi Tsushima
Music Producer
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Hideaki Maniwa
Character Designer
H
Hideaki Maniwa
Supervising Animation Director
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Shinzo Yuki
Art Direction
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Osamu Tezuka
Author
G
Gou Koga
Storyboard Artist

Osamu Tezuka's Buddha

In ancient India, 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.