An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.
Cast
Raizō Ichikawa
Kunala
Shintarō Katsu
Devadatta
Kōjirō Hongō
Siddhartha
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Ajashartu
Keizō Kawasaki
Upali
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Ananda
Hajime Mitamura
Shariputra
Matasaburô Niwa
Sanna
Ryūzō Shimada
Bhutika
Jōji Tsurumi
Aaraama
Shirō Ōtsuji
Kalodayin
Yoshirō Kitahara
Kaundinya
Jun Negami
Mahakashyapa
Koreya Senda
Shuddhodana
Eijirō Tōno
Suratha
Bontarō Miake
Channa
Osamu Takizawa
Unknown
Toshio Chiba
Graha
Ryuichi Ishii
Bandhu
Yoichi Funaki
Maudgaliputra
Tatsuo Hananuno
Unknown
Osamu Maruyama
Jivaka
San'emon Arashi
Raayana
Mitsugu Terashima
Grand Chamberlain
Osamu Abe
Unknown
Yūsaku Terashima
Fortuneteller
Shinobu Araki
Unknown
Gen Shimizu
Kisaka
Shōzō Nanbu
Unknown
Kōichi Katsuragi
Suprabuddha
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Bashpa
Kōichi Mizuhara
Unknown
Okuyama Asao
Old man
Kinya Ichikawa
Chunda
Shintarō Nanjō
Mahanaman
Seishiro Hara
Bhadrika
Saburo Date
Ashvajit
Sumao Ishihara
Unknown
Jun Fujikawa
Unknown
Ikkei Tamaki
Man in crowd 2
Yukio Horikita
Guard A
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Man in crowd 1
Masayoshi Kikuno
Man in crowd 3
Hajime Koshikawa
Man in crowd 4
Bonta Maru
Young Buddhist priest of Aburaya
Tokio Oki
Unknown
Yūji Hamada
Guard B
Jukai Ichikawa
Bimbisara
Machiko Kyō
Nandabala
Tamao Nakamura
Auttami
Charito Solis
Yashodara
Junko Kano
Matangi
Fujiko Yamamoto
Usha
Isuzu Yamada
Kalideva
Yumeji Tsukioka
Takshakara
Tanie Kitabayashi
Sumi
Chikako Hosokawa
Maya
Haruko Sugimura
Vaidehi
Reiko Fujiwara
Child's Mother
Tokiko Mita
Sari
Hiromi Ichida
Naccha
Michiko Ai
Kalika
Reiko Kongō
Sabhaya
Kimiko Tachibana
Amita
Sachiko Hori
Unknown
Teruko Ōmi
Unknown
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Ashoka
Mieko Kondō
Amana
Crew
Kenji Misumi
Director
Fuji Yahiro
Writer
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Hiroshi Imai
Director of Photography
Akira Inoue
Assistant Director
Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Assistant Director
Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer
Akinari Suzuki
Associate Producer
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Teruo Kajitani
Set Decoration