Children of the Beehive

Children of the Beehive

Hachi no su no kodomotachi
🎞️ Movie 86 min JP
โ˜… 7.5 /10 1948

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

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Shunsaku Shimamura
Repatriate
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Natuski Masako
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Gosho Shoichi
Masa
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Kiyomi Imoto
Doctor
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Gen Tajima
Factory boss
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Wataru Yaguchi
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Sadao Nakamura
Tanba
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Shintarô Uetani
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Shinichiro Kubota
Dandy
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Yutaka Iwamoto
Yutaka
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Senji Itō
Composer
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Saburō Furuyama
Cinematographer