# Children of the Beehive (1948)

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**Original title**: *蜂の巣の子供たち*
**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Hiroshi Shimizu
**Written by**: Hiroshi Shimizu
**Starring**: Daisuke Iwanami, Shimamura Shusaku, Shinichiro Kubota, Yoshikatsu Chiba, Yotaka Iwamoto, Sadao Nakamura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

War orphans sell contraband to survive until a shell-shocked soldier buys them bread instead of bullets. 1948 Japan turns street kids into a makeshift family overnight. The soldier’s quiet reliability outlasts both their hunger and his own ghosts.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, tender

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