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Children of the Beehive (1948)

Children of the Beehive poster
Original title
蜂の巣の子供たち
Directed by
Hiroshi Shimizu
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In post-war Japan, a group of homeless children band together to survive on the streets. An adult man joins them, forming an improvised family as they struggle with poverty and loss.

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What happens

Les Enfants du nid d'abeilles (蜂の巣の子供たち, Hachi no su no kodomotachi), aussi titré Les Enfants de la ruche, est un film japonais réalisé, scénarisé et produit par Hiroshi Shimizu, sorti en 1948. Dans ce film, Shimizu fait tourner des acteurs non-professionnels, les rôles des enfants sont tenus par les orphelins qu'il a recueilli après la guerre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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