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Hōryū-ji (1958)
Directed by Susumu Hani
Documentary · 23m
This celebrated documentary, filmed in colour, depicts one of the most famous of all Japanese temples. Horyu-ji, in the small town of Ikaruga outside Japan’s ancient capital of Nara, was one of the first Buddhist places of worship established in Japan, and contains the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world, dating from the seventh century.
Cast
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Crew
- Director
- Susumu Hani
- Director of Photography
- Junichi Segawa
- Producer
- Mitsuru Kudo, Keiji Yoshino
Details
- Original title
- 法隆寺
- Release date
- 1958-01-01
- Runtime
- 23m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Iwanami Productions