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Poster courtesy of Avery Guerra. ©2018 3Y Film

THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL (????, Daibutsu Kokaiku) is a remake of the long-lost film 1934 by Yoshiro Edamasa, which was quite possibly the first ever daikaiju film from Japan. The new independent film from director Hiroto Yokokawa incorporates both traditional suitmation and CG effects. The filmmakers have assembled an all-star cast, including legendary actor Akira Takarada (star of six Godzilla films, including the original), Peggy Neal (THE X FROM OUTER SPACE), Yukijiro Hotaru (The Heisei Gamera Trilogy, GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK), Philip Granger (TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL), Ippei Ohsako (SHIN GODZILLA) and Inge Murata (SHIN GODZILLA), Shelley Sweeney (four Godzilla films), Yuki Morita (Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Entertainment’s GODZILLA), Toshi Toda (Sony Pictures’ GODZILLA) Norman England (two Godzilla films), Robert Scott Field (GODZILLA VS KING GHIDORAH), Masanori Kikuzawa, J-Pop superstar Momoka Iwata, rapper Yuma, Kazuma Yoneyama, Jun’ichiro Nirasawa (GODZILLA: FINAL WARS) and Yoshihiko Ohtsuki (GODZILLA: FINAL WARS), and Takashi Yasuda. THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL will be released on December 15, 2018. For further information and updates, be sure to follow the film on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.