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Children of the Beehive (1948) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1948 · 86 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Hiroshi Shimizu
- Starring
- Shinichiro Kubota, Yotaka Iwamoto, Shimamura Shusaku, Yoshikatsu Chiba, Daisuke Iwanami, Sadao Nakamura
In the aftermath of the war, a group of war orphans survive by engaging in black‑market work. Their precarious existence changes when a newly repatriated, unnamed soldier takes them under his wing, offering protection and a chance at a more stable life in a bleak, post‑war landscape.
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