The Life of Buddha
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A re-edited, feature length compilation of the two parts of Ăfuji's The Great Sage Shakyamuni Buddha - the culmination of NoburĂ´ Ăfuji's monochrome silhouette films. After a portentous dream about a white elephant, the ancient Hindu princess Maya gives birth to a prince. Reared in seclusion from the troubles of the world, Prince Siddhartha is troubled by sights of poverty and deprivation when he is 12 years old. He is married to a beautiful wife, but he is unable to bear the thought of others suffering, and leaves the palace in search of an answer. While sitting beneath a tree, he achieves enlightenment. Planned as a nine-reel life of Buddha, but exhibited in Cannes as âPart Oneâ with only 6 reels completed, this late work by NoburĂ´ Ăfuji was not completed until after his death. It was only in 1961 that it was finally exhibited as a full 72-minute film (comprising 10 reels).
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