Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)

Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world.

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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.

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Sayuri YoshinagaNarration / Chapra's Mother (voice)
Masato SakaiChapra (voice)
観世清和King Suddhodana (voice)
Hidetaka YoshiokaSiddhartha Gotama / Buddha (voice)
Ai OrikasaChildhood Siddhartha (voice)
Junko TakeuchiChildhood Chapra (voice)
Tessyo GendaGeneral Budai (voice)
Keiji FujiwaraBandaka (voice)
Ikue OtaniTatta (voice)
Takahiro SakuraiNaradatta (voice)

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Kouzou MorishitaDirector
Reiko YoshidaScreenplay
Kenji TakahashiDirector of Photography
Michiru OshimaOriginal Music Composer
Shinichi FukumitsuEditor
Hiroyuki SakuradaProducer

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