The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director

Machiko Kyō
Shinobu Araki

Kōtarō Bandō

Kazuo Hasegawa

Sumiko Hidaka

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Toshiaki Konoe

Kanji Koshiba