In Shimizu’s sequel to his 1948 masterpiece, a journalist arrives in the secluded foothills of Izu to find a hidden commune to ask, “What happened to the children of the Beehive?” Three years have passed and her question situates itself not only in the realm of Shimizu’s craft, but that of reality: What became of the war orphans Shimizu raised?
Genre: Drama
Stars: Shinichiro Kubota, Masaru Oba, Mitsuo Harada, Eiko Tajima, Norio Tani, Setsuko Himori
Crew: Shinichi Sekizawa (Production Designer), Hiroshi Shimizu (Director), Hiroshi Shimizu (Screenplay), Senji Itô (Music), Saburo Furuyama (Director of Photography)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Hachi no Su Eiga-bu
Runtime: 95 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 12, 1951
IMDb: 10
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