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The Burmese Harp

Director
Kon Ichikawa
Year
1956
Runtime
1h 57m
Release
1956
Language
ja
Country
JP

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01 · Overview

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The story

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.

  • #burma
  • #power of music
  • #pow
  • #burying the dead
  • #choir
  • #buddhist monk
  • #japan
  • #moral crisis
  • #buddhism
  • #religious experience
  • #pacific war
  • #japanese soldier

  • Directed by

    Kon Ichikawa

  • Written by

    Natto Wada

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