Release Date

01 Jan, 1958

Runtime

00:23: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

法隆寺

Photos

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Actors

芥川比呂志

Crew

羽仁進

Keiji Yoshino

Mitsuru Kudo

Junichi Segawa