The Burmese Harp

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The Burmese Harp (1956)

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Drama, War · 1h 57m

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

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Cast

Rentaro Mikuni Captain Inouye Shōji Yasui Mizushima Jun Hamamura Ito Taketoshi Naitō Kobayashi
S
Shunji Kasuga Maki Kō Nishimura Baba
K
Keishichi Nakahara Takagi
T
Toshiaki Itō Hashimoto
H
Hiroshi Tsuchikata Okada Tomio Aoki Oyama
N
Nobuteru Hanamura Nakamura
S
Sanpei Mine Abe

Crew

Director
Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay
Natto Wada
Novel
Michio Takeyama
Director of Photography
Minoru Yokoyama
Original Music Composer
Akira Ifukube
Editor
Masanori Tsujii
Producer
Masayuki Takaki

Details

Original title
ビルマの竪琴
Release date
1956-01-21
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Burmese, English, Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation