Film

Hotoke

2001 · 1h 53m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

7.9

Rai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because his face never seems to show emotion, everybody calls him Hotoke - meaning Buddha. His elder brother Shiba, however, is tough as nails and works the black market. Rai is building a gigantic statue of Buddha from the scrap metal he has gathered over the years. He prays the Buddha he is creating will come to life and rid the world of its cruelty.

Shinji Takeda

Rai

Ryuichi Ohura

Shiba

Fujiko

Moe

Kanji Tsuda

Shinzo

Toshie Negishi

Chizuko

Noriko Sengoku

Shinako

Hisashi Igawa

Tetsuzo

Ryôsuke Koshiba

Yoji Tanaka

• Jinsei TsujiDirector · Writer · Original Music Composer
• Taizo FukumakiProducer
• Hidemi SataniProducer
• Hirotsugu UsuiProducer
• Shuichi KakesuEditor

Release date

August 25, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Drama, Romance