Children of the Great Buddha

1h 42m
Drama
0

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

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

Crew

Hiroshi Shimizu
Director, Writer
Saburo Furuyama
Director of Photography
Shinichi Sekizawa
Production Design
Senji Ito
Music