A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Those opposed to the statue try to use the artist's girlfriend to get him to stop it from being completed.
Directed byTeinosuke Kinugasa
Written byTeinosuke Kinugasa, Ryûichirô Yagi
CountryJapan
Runtime129 min
On screen
Shinobu Araki
Kôtarô Bandô
Kazuo Hasegawa