Hotoke

Hotoke was released on 25 août 2001.

Hotoke was directed by Jinsei Tsuji.

Hotoke has a runtime of 1h 53min.

Hotoke was produced by Taizo Fukumaki, Hidemi Satani, Hirotsugu Usui.

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.

The key characters in Hotoke are Rai (Shinji Takeda), Shiba (Ryuichi Ohura), Moe (Fujiko).

Hotoke is a Fantastique, Romance, Drame film.

Hotoke has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.