Children of the Great Buddha (1952)

1h 25m
Running Time

October 23, 1952
Release Date

Children of the Great Buddha

Children of the Great Buddha (1952)

1h 25m
Running Time

October 23, 1952
Release Date

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Plot.

The final film in the Beehive trilogy, Children of the Great Buddha chronicles war orphans working as tour guides among the looming statues and temples of Japan’s ancient capital of Nara. Shimizu’s uncharacteristic hands-on approach to the film’s cinematography frames the sacred objects as “very real agents” in the children’s threadbare lives, resulting in a deeply moving and spiritual work that fittingly concludes his orphan saga.

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Cast & Crew.

Ayako Akabori

Ayako Akabori

Widow

Yoshimasa Chiba

Yoshimasa Chiba

Yoshi-bô

Keiko Fukushima

Keiko Fukushima

Soldier's wife

Kiyoshi Kawanishi

Kiyoshi Kawanishi

Seiji

Yukiko Himori

Yukiko Himori

Setsuko, Bus guide

Yotaka Iwamoto

Yotaka Iwamoto

Hôta

Yoshio Kinuta

Yoshio Kinuta

Genji

Shinichiro Kubota

Shinichiro Kubota

Ichiun

Hiroyuki Mihara

Hiroyuki Mihara

Hiroyuki

Yoshiharu Miyauchi

Yoshiharu Miyauchi

Ryôhei, carver

Sadao Nakamura

Sadao Nakamura

Tan-kô

Yuzaburo Shimada

Yuzaburo Shimada

Demobilized soldier

Mayumi Utagawa

Mayumi Utagawa

Second-generation immigrant

Shinichi Sekizawa

Shinichi Sekizawa

Production Design

Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu

Director / Writer

Senji Itô

Senji Itô

Music

Saburo Furuyama

Saburo Furuyama

Director of Photography

Details.

Release Date
October 23, 1952

Original Name
大仏さまと子供たち

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 25m

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