Children of the Great Buddha (1952)
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.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
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Ayako Akabori as Widow |
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Yoshimasa Chiba as Yoshi-bô |
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Keiko Fukushima as Soldier's wife |
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Kiyoshi Kawanishi as Seiji |
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Yukiko Himori as Setsuko, Bus guide |
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Yotaka Iwamoto as Hôta |
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Yoshio Kinuta as Genji |
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Shinichiro Kubota as Ichiun |
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Hiroyuki Mihara as Hiroyuki |
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Yoshiharu Miyauchi as Ryôhei, carver |
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Sadao Nakamura as Tan-kô |
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Yuzaburo Shimada as Demobilized soldier |
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Mayumi Utagawa as Second-generation immigrant |
| Art | Shinichi Sekizawa | Production Design |
| Directing | Hiroshi Shimizu | Director |
| Writing | Hiroshi Shimizu | Writer |
| Sound | Senji Ito | Music |
| Camera | Saburo Furuyama | Director of Photography |
