The Burmese Harp (Biruma no Tategoto) (1956)

8.4	Listal rating
8	IMDB rating

Journeying (1), Drama (1), Camp (1), Illness (1), Growth/healing (1), Japan (1), River (1), Music (1), Monk (1), British (1), Parrot (1), War (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Religion (1), Contact (1), Military (1), Harp (1), Foreign (1), Temple (1), Evolution (1)

Description

July, 1945: Japan's army is on the run. A platoon in Burma sings to keep its spirit up. Inspiration comes from their self-taught lute player, Mizushima. At war's end, while they await repatriation at Mudon prison camp, Mizushima is sent to convince a Japanese company dug into a mountain that it must surrender. He fails, the British attack, many die ... (more)

Directed by

Kon Ichikawa

Starring (View all) :

Captain Inouye

Mizushima

Ito

Kobayashi

Maki

Baba

Takagi

Hashimoto

Okada

Oyama

Written by (View all) :

Michio Takeyama

novel

Natto Wada

writer

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