The Burmese Harp

1956·1h 57m·Drama·War

The Burmese Harp

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Directed by Kon Ichikawa

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Overview

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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Captain Inouye

Shōji Yasui

Shōji Yasui

Mizushima

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Ito

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Kobayashi

S

Shunji Kasuga

Maki

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Baba

K

Keishichi Nakahara

Takagi

T

Toshiaki Itō

Hashimoto

Crew

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Director of Photography

Minoru Yokoyama

Music

Akira Ifukube

Editor

Masanori Tsujii

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
StatusReleasedRelease Date1956-01-21Runtime1h 57mLanguageMY

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