The Burning Buddha Man

There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. She needs to know what caused the death of a parents and dreams of revenge. She goes on a fantastical journey to ultimately face the demon. The entire film is produced by hand drawing all the gods 'manifesto animation' or 'gekimation' based on the amazing hand drawings.

Release Date

February 23, 2013

Status

Released

Original Title

燃える仏像人間

Runtime

1h 20min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Japanese

Production Companies

Yoshimoto Creative Agency