Hōryū-ji

Hōryū-ji  - Movie (1958)

Original title

法隆寺

Released

1/1/1958

Origin country

JP

Genre

Documentary

Production companies

Iwanami Productions

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

0hr 23min

Description

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.

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