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Children of the Great Buddha (1952)
Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
Drama · 1h 42m
The final film in the Beehive trilogy. Set in post-war Nara, it follows a group of orphans living in a temple who support themselves by acting as guides for tourists visiting the Great Buddha.
Cast
A
Ayako Akabori
Widow
Y
Yoshimasa Chiba
Yoshi-bô
K
Keiko Fukushima
Soldier's wife
K
Kiyoshi Kawanishi
Seiji
Y
Yukiko Himori
Setsuko, Bus guide
Y
Yotaka Iwamoto
Hôta
Y
Yoshio Kinuta
Genji
S
Shinichiro Kubota
Ichiun
H
Hiroyuki Mihara
Hiroyuki
Y
Yoshiharu Miyauchi
Ryôhei, carver
S
Sadao Nakamura
Tan-kô
Y
Yuzaburo Shimada
Demobilized soldier
Crew
- Director
- Hiroshi Shimizu
- Writer
- Hiroshi Shimizu
- Director of Photography
- Saburo Furuyama
Details
- Original title
- 大仏さまと子供たち
- Release date
- 1952-10-23
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Hachi no Su Eiga-bu