The Rebirth of Buddha
- IMDb link: 1525803
- IMDb rating: 5 (150 votes)
- Genres: Drama, Animation
- Director: Takaaki Ishiyama
- Cast: Kenji Akabane, Ryou Agawa, Madoka Akita, Touko Aoyama and others
- Release date: 17 Oct 2009
- Release year: 2009
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Country: Japan
Plot:
17-year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Since that incident, Sayako suddenly becomes able to see spirits and almost loses her life. However, from that near-fatal incident she experiences something extraordinary. The journalist inside her stirred, she embarks to find out about the truth. But the forces that stand in her way turn out to be much more formidable than she ever imagined.