Genres
Duration
23 min
Director
Susumu Hani
Rating
Rating not available
Release Date
January 1, 1958
Hōryū-ji
Original title: 法隆寺
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This celebrated documentary, filmed in colour, depicts one of the most famous of all Japanese temples. Horyu-ji, in the small town of Ikaruga outside Japan’s ancient capital of Nara, was one of the first Buddhist places of worship established in Japan, and contains the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world, dating from the seventh century.
Hōryū-ji cast
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Hiroshi Akutagawa
Character:
Narrator (voice)
