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Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next

Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 12, 1951

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

その後の蜂の巣の子供たち

Production Companies

Hachi no Su Eiga-bu

Director

Hiroshi Shimizu

Description

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?