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Japanese film poster.

Status: Lost

Also known under it's longer, translated title of The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through the Country, Daibatsu Kaikoku is one of Japan's earliest giant monster (also known as Kaiju) films, coming out around the same time as the King Kong movies.^[1]

A couple of the existing stills from the film.

The films focus on special effects classifies it as a Tokusatsu film. The plot focuses on a giant Buddha statue (konwn in Japan as a "Diabutsu") 33 meters in height. It comes to life and tours the country, mainly seeing tourist sights, before flying into the clouds and going to Tokyo. Known only by some descriptions in magazines, the movie had a few notable scenes, including the statue resting while a geisha girl dances in his palm. It also had some color sequences, taking place in heaven and hell.

Planned to be the start of a multi-film series, the movie was only shown in a limited number of theaters and has since been lost. The only known images are from a magazine article.

References

↑ [1] Retrieved April, 2015

[1] [1] Retrieved April, 2015

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-Also known under it's longer, translated title of ''The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through the Country'', '''''Daibatsu Kaikoku''''' is one of Japan's earliest giant monster (if you count the statue as a monster) movies, coming out around the same time as the lost ''King Kong'' movies.
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-Although the statue doesn't go around destroying cities, this is still a technically a Tokusatsu film, due to the focus on special effects. The story focuses on a giant Buddha statue, apparently 33 meters tall, as it comes to life and tours the country, mainly some tourist sights, before flying into the clouds to go to Tokyo. Known only by some descriptions in magazines, the movie had a few notable scenes, including: the statue striding over a train, resting his head on a 3-story building, and making a geisha girl dance in his palm. It also had some color sequences, taking place in heaven and hell.
+Also known under it's longer, translated title of ''The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through the Country'', '''''Daibatsu Kaikoku''''' is one of Japan's earliest giant monster (also known as ''Kaiju'') films, coming out around the same time as the ''King Kong'' movies.<ref>[http://enshohmacorner.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-giant-buddha-statue-who-traveled.html] Retrieved April, 2015</ref>
+[[File:Bussag.jpg|thumb|215px|A couple of the existing stills from the film.]]
+The films focus on special effects classifies it as a Tokusatsu film. The plot focuses on a giant Buddha statue (konwn in Japan as a "Diabutsu") 33 meters in height. It comes to life and tours the country, mainly seeing tourist sights, before flying into the clouds and going to Tokyo. Known only by some descriptions in magazines, the movie had a few notable scenes, including the statue resting while a geisha girl dances in his palm. It also had some color sequences, taking place in heaven and hell.
 Planned to be the start of a multi-film series, the movie was only shown in a limited number of theaters and has since been lost. The only known images are from a magazine article.
 ==References==
-The article that provided all the information<ref>[http://enshohmacorner.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-giant-buddha-statue-who-traveled.html] Retrieved April, 2015</ref>
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 [[Category:Lost films]]