The Burning Buddha Man (2013)

overview : 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 : Feb 23, 2013

Runtime : 1h 20m

Genre : Horror  Animation  Thriller  Fantasy  

Companies : Yoshimoto Creative Agency

Countries : Japan

Keywords : buddhism, transformation, buddha, thief, murder, puppetry, demon, folklore, buddhist temple, japanese folklore, gekimation