The Burmese Harp
1956 · Movie · 117 min · ★ 7.8
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-01-21
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 117 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (170 votes)
Themes
- japan
- buddhism
- buddhist monk
- world war ii
- choir
- burma
- pacific war
- japanese soldier
- japanese surrender
- moral crisis
- burying the dead
- pow
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 1957 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1957 · nominated
Cast & crew
Rentaro Mikuni
as Captain Inouye
Shōji Yasui
as Mizushima
Jun Hamamura
as Ito
Taketoshi Naitō
as Kobayashi
- SK
Shunji Kasuga
as Maki
Kō Nishimura
as Baba
- KN
Keishichi Nakahara
as Takagi
- TI
Toshiaki Itō
as Hashimoto
- HT
Hiroshi Tsuchikata
as Okada
Tomio Aoki
as Oyama
Directed by Kon Ichikawa