Children of the Great Buddha

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.

• Hiroshi ShimizuWriter
• Hiroshi ShimizuDirector

• Ayako AkaboriWidow
• Yoshimasa ChibaYoshi-bô
• Keiko FukushimaSoldier's wife
• Kiyoshi KawanishiSeiji
• Yukiko HimoriSetsuko, Bus guide
• Yotaka IwamotoHôta
• Yoshio KinutaGenji
• Shinichiro KubotaIchiun
• Hiroyuki MiharaHiroyuki
• Yoshiharu MiyauchiRyôhei, carver
• Sadao NakamuraTan-kô
• Yuzaburo ShimadaDemobilized soldier