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Children of the Great Buddha
Two-film drama series by Hiroshi Shimizu.
3 films
Children of the Beehive
1948
Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next
1951
1952
Hiroshi Shimizu (Director)
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
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