Where to Watch Children of the Beehive (1948) in the US

What it's about

The movie focuses on the plight of ten war orphans hailing from different cities across Japan. With nowhere to go, they scavenge around train stations, scratching out an existence by means of black market work for a one-legged tramp whilst avoiding being picked up by the police for vagrancy. Soon however, they find a more inspiring role model in the figure of a nameless soldier just repatriated after the war. An orphan himself, the soldier also has no home to return to, and so sets out across the country with the kids in tow in search of work before settling on the goal of leading them to the orphanage where he himself grew up.

Cast and crew

Director

Hiroshi Shimizu

Writer

Hiroshi Shimizu

Starring

Shunsaku Shimamura, Natuski Masako, Gosho Shoichi

Details

Release date

Aug 24, 1948

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Where to Watch Children of the Beehive (1948) in the US — common questions

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