Desc: Daibutsu kaigen: Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. With Shinobu Araki, Kôtarô Bandô, Kazuo Hasegawa, Sumiko Hidaka. 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.