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The Burmese Harp

Name: The Burmese Harp
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1956
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Shōji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitō, Shunji Kasuga

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.

1956 · Directed by Kon Ichikawa · 117 min · Drama · War · 10 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Natto Wada
Cinematography: Minoru Yokoyama
Edited by: Masanori Tsujii
Music: Akira Ifukube
Production design: Akira Nakai
Produced by: Masayuki Takaki

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni as Captain Inouye
Shōji Yasui as Mizushima
Jun Hamamura as Ito
Taketoshi Naitō as Kobayashi
Shunji Kasuga as Maki
Kō Nishimura as Baba
Keishichi Nakahara as Takagi
Toshiaki Itō as Hashimoto
Hiroshi Tsuchikata as Okada
Tomio Aoki as Oyama

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Burmese, English, Japanese
Studios: Nikkatsu Corporation
Themes: japan, buddhism, buddhist monk, world war ii, choir, burma, pacific war, japanese soldier, japanese surrender, moral crisis

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