Children of the Great Buddha

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

102 minutes

Year:

1952

Director:

Hiroshi Shimizu

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Company:

Hachi no Su Eiga-bu

Cast:

Widow

Yoshi-bô

Soldier's wife

Seiji

Setsuko, Bus guide

Crew:

Production Design

Writer

Music

Director

Director of Photography