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Children of the Great Buddha

Children of the Great Buddha

1952Drama

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.

Original title大仏さまと子供たち
Release1952-10-23
Runtime102 min
StatusReleased
CountriesJapan
Original languageJA
SpokenJapanese
DirectorHiroshi Shimizu
WritersHiroshi Shimizu
ProductionHachi no Su Eiga-bu
Popularity1
TMDB ID741419

Cast

Ayako Akabori

Widow

Yoshimasa Chiba

Yoshi-bô

Keiko Fukushima

Soldier's wife

Kiyoshi Kawanishi

Seiji

Yukiko Himori

Setsuko, Bus guide

Yotaka Iwamoto

Hôta

Yoshio Kinuta

Genji

Shinichiro Kubota

Ichiun

Hiroyuki Mihara

Hiroyuki

Yoshiharu Miyauchi

Ryôhei, carver

Sadao Nakamura

Tan-kô

Yuzaburo Shimada

Demobilized soldier

Mayumi Utagawa

Second-generation immigrant

Director

Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu

Director

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