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Buddha Heads

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Brian T. Maeda

Directed by: Brian T. Maeda

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 9, 2002

Running Time: 95 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Eddie Mui, Calvin Jung, and Helen Ota

Based on a true story of one Japanese American family's failed attempt to recover from four years in an internment camp in Manzanar, California during World War II, this film portrays their subsequent immersion in and struggle against violent criminality.

What The Critics Said

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50

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

At once a powerful family saga, and a gangster movie that is way too talky but balanced by its unusual background. A tale about two generations of gangbangers in the Japanese American community is certainly not your typical fare.

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30

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

It's an idea worth exploring, but Maeda has elected to set his debut feature in a thug-life realm for which he has no apparent feeling or instinct, resulting in heavy-handed, wince-inducing tough-guy dialogue.

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20

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

In large part because of the low budget, both the performances and the technical chops are wildly uneven; and the script finally sinks in to broad melodrama.

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20

Variety Robert Koehler

B-pic material through and through, carting out every possible cliche about family honor, debts and sacrifice, to name a few.

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