The Burmese Harp

Name: The Burmese Harp
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1956
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 7.837

1956 · 117 min

Drama · War

★ 7.8

Criterion

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay Natto Wada
Director of Photography Minoru Yokoyama

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
Director of Photography — Minoru Yokoyama

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