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.
- Released
- 1952-10-23
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast
- Ayako Akabori as Widow
- Yoshimasa Chiba as Yoshi-bô
- Keiko Fukushima as Soldier's wife
- Kiyoshi Kawanishi as Seiji
- Yukiko Himori as Setsuko, Bus guide
- Yotaka Iwamoto as Hôta
- Yoshio Kinuta as Genji
- Shinichiro Kubota as Ichiun
- Hiroyuki Mihara as Hiroyuki
- Yoshiharu Miyauchi as Ryôhei, carver
- Sadao Nakamura as Tan-kô
- Yuzaburo Shimada as Demobilized soldier