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The Burmese Harp

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The Burmese Harp
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NR,1hr 56min
Genre:
War
Release:
1956
Director:
Kon Ichikawa
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi  ...more
Synopsis: Set against the final days of World War II, The Burmese Harp portrays the experiences of a group of exhausted, war-scarred Japanese soldiers as they prepare to return to Japan. The film focuses on Shoji Yasui, a soldier known to his comrades for his harp playing, who fails to convince a resistant company to surrender and is presumed dead when a battle destroys their hillside encampment. To rejoin his fellow soldiers, Shoji steals the robes of a Buddhist monk and begins to make his way across the ... Full Synopsis
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Keith Phipps, AMG Review
Though exceptions abound, from The Best Years of Our Lives and The Story of G.I. Joe through the readily explicable rise of film noir, the most visible American portrayals of World War II in the years following its conclusion tended not to dwell too heavily on the psychological or spiritual impact of the war experience. While it is reductive to credit Japanese filmmakers as a whole with a boldness ... Full Review
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Rentaro Mikuni
Capt. Inouye
Shoji Yasui
Private Yasuhiko
Tatsuya Mihashi
Defense Commander
Tanie Kitabayashi
Old Woman
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