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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Hiroshi Akutagawa
Crew: Susumu Hani (Director), Junichi Segawa (Director of Photography), Mitsuru Kudo (Producer), Keiji Yoshino (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Iwanami Productions
Runtime: 23 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1958
IMDb: 10
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