Taiwanese documentarian Hsin-yao Huang expands an earlier short into his first fiction feature, 'The Grand Buddha +.' By THR Staff Two buddies on society’s lower rungs live vicariously through the ...

Buddha is known for helping you arrive at enlightenment, but the only enlightenment The Great Buddha Arrival may be known for is the flaming of Tokyo as he cuts a path of destruction. Japanese cinema ...

Buddha statues can be seen at temples, sitting quietly with calm and peaceful faces. The size range is wide, but when you have to stand back to see the whole picture because it is so tall...the statue ...

Japan is renowned for its rich cultural heritage that includes numerous Buddha statues, each with its own unique history and cultural significance. Among these, the Nara Todaiji Temple, Kamakura ...

The Great Buddha statue is paraded to Sairenji temple in Hiroshima's Naka Ward in this 1950 photo, provided by the planning committee for the statue's homecoming to Hiroshima from Nara Prefecture. The ...

Huang Hsin-Yao is a new voice in independent Taiwanese cinema, and his first narrative feature–an adaptation of his short film The Great Buddha–carries itself with all of the vitriol that one would ...

NARA--UNESCO World Heritage Todaiji temple was filled with the heavenly sight of flying white-robed priests vigorously dusting the towering Great Buddha statue ahead of the Obon holidays. Around 170 ...

NARA -- Some 170 priests and staff members cleaned up the 15-meter-tall Buddha statue in the Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Temple here on Aug. 7. In the annual cleaning event called "ominugui," people ...