# Buda 2: Camino a la Iluminación (2014)

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**Original title**: *BUDDHA 2 手塚治虫のブッダ -終わりなき旅-*
**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Animation, Drama, History
**Directed by**: Toshiaki Komura
**Written by**: Reiko Yoshida
**Starring**: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yoko Maki, 観世清和, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ya Ohwada

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

*Flight of the Awakened* meets *Seven Samurai*’s battle ballet.
A sheltered prince walks straight into starving villages, betrayed lovers, and a warlord’s siege.
The animation’s ink lines carry the weight, a classic era drifting into myth.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider, tender

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