Movielogr
Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Overview
The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.
Length 129 minutes
Actors
Machiko Kyō | Shinobu Araki | Kôtarô Bandô | Kazuo Hasegawa | Sumiko Hidaka | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Toshiaki Konoe | Kanji Koshiba | Yataro Kurokawa | Mitsuko Mito | Shôzô Nanbu | Shintarô Nanjô | Joji Oka | Eitarô Ozawa | Mitsusaburô Ramon | Taiji Tonoyama | Kenjiro Uemura | Denjirô Ôkôchi