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Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Drama · 2h 09m
The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.
Cast
Machiko Kyō
Kōtarō Bandō
Kazuo Hasegawa
Sumiko Hidaka
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Toshiaki Konoe
Kanji Koshiba
Yataro Kurokawa
Mitsuko Mito
Shōzō Nanbu
Crew
- Director
- Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Screenplay
- Ryuichiro Yagi, Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Director of Photography
- Kōhei Sugiyama
- Original Music Composer
- Ikuma Dan
Details
- Original title
- 大佛開眼
- Release date
- 1952-11-13
- Runtime
- 2h 09m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Daiei Film