Children of the Great Buddha

Children of the Great Buddha

0.01h 42m1952Released
Drama

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.

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Cast

A

Ayako Akabori

Widow

Y

Yoshimasa Chiba

Yoshi-bô

K

Keiko Fukushima

Soldier's wife

K

Kiyoshi Kawanishi

Seiji

Y

Yukiko Himori

Setsuko, Bus guide

Y

Yotaka Iwamoto

Hôta

Y

Yoshio Kinuta

Genji

S

Shinichiro Kubota

Ichiun

H

Hiroyuki Mihara

Hiroyuki

Y

Yoshiharu Miyauchi

Ryôhei, carver

S

Sadao Nakamura

Tan-kô

Y

Yuzaburo Shimada

Demobilized soldier

M

Mayumi Utagawa

Second-generation immigrant

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