The Burmese Harp (1956)

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The Burmese Harp is a war movie from 1956.

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Michael Ronasd

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The Burmese Harp is a war movie from 1956.

The Burmese Harp (1956) - IMDb

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049012/
The Burmese Harp (1956 film) - Wikipedia

The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴 Biruma no tategoto, a.k.a. Harp of Burma) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burmese_Harp_(1956_film)
Burmese Harp (1956) - Rotten Tomatoes

Kon Ichikawa's Harp of Burma is an anti-war film about a Japanese soldier who decides to reject his superiors and bury the bodies of his slain comrades. The film is also known as Burmese Harp.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/burmese_harp
The Burmese Harp (1956) | The Criterion Collection

An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song.
https://www.criterion.com/films/817-the-burmese-harp
The Burmese Harp (1956) - Decent Films

Kon Ichikawa’s deeply humane, spiritually resonant masterpiece The Burmese Harp is routinely but reductionistically described as “pacifist” or “anti-war,” terms also applied to his subsequent Fires on the Plain.
http://decentfilms.com/reviews/burmeseharp1956
The Burmese Harp

A Japanese musician keeps up the spirits of his fellow soldiers as they flee Burma during World War II.
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/218336|0/The-Burmese-Harp.html
The Burmese Harp • Senses of Cinema

“Can’t you see that whatever you do is futile? The armies of Britain and Japan can come and fight all they wish. Burma is still Burma. Burma is the Buddha’s country.”
http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/cteq/the-burmese-harp/
‎The Burmese Harp (1956) directed by Kon Ichikawa • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-burmese-harp/
The Burmese Harp | Film Review | Slant Magazine

A tender almost-musical about the horrors of war and the obliteration of identity, Kon Ichikawa's collaboration with his screenwriter wife Natto Wada.
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-burmese-harp

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The Burmese Harp

Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay by	Natto Wada
Based on	The Burmese Harp by Michio Takeyama
Produced by	Masayuki Takagi
Starring	Rentarō Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Cinematography	Minoru Yokoyama
Edited by	Masanori Tsujii
Music by	Akira Ifukube
Production company	Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release dates	29 January 1956 (1956-01-29) (Part I) 12 February 1956 (1956-02-12) (Part II)^[1]
Running time	143 minutes (Japan) 116 minutes (International)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$33,763^[2]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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The Burmese Harp (1956) - IMDb

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049012/
The Burmese Harp (1956 film) - Wikipedia

The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴 Biruma no tategoto, a.k.a. Harp of Burma) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burmese_Harp_(1956_film)
Burmese Harp (1956) - Rotten Tomatoes

Kon Ichikawa's Harp of Burma is an anti-war film about a Japanese soldier who decides to reject his superiors and bury the bodies of his slain comrades. The film is also known as Burmese Harp.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/burmese_harp
The Burmese Harp (1956) | The Criterion Collection

An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song.
https://www.criterion.com/films/817-the-burmese-harp
The Burmese Harp (1956) - Decent Films

Kon Ichikawa’s deeply humane, spiritually resonant masterpiece The Burmese Harp is routinely but reductionistically described as “pacifist” or “anti-war,” terms also applied to his subsequent Fires on the Plain.
http://decentfilms.com/reviews/burmeseharp1956
The Burmese Harp

A Japanese musician keeps up the spirits of his fellow soldiers as they flee Burma during World War II.
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/218336|0/The-Burmese-Harp.html
The Burmese Harp • Senses of Cinema

“Can’t you see that whatever you do is futile? The armies of Britain and Japan can come and fight all they wish. Burma is still Burma. Burma is the Buddha’s country.”
http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/cteq/the-burmese-harp/
‎The Burmese Harp (1956) directed by Kon Ichikawa • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-burmese-harp/
The Burmese Harp | Film Review | Slant Magazine

A tender almost-musical about the horrors of war and the obliteration of identity, Kon Ichikawa's collaboration with his screenwriter wife Natto Wada.
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-burmese-harp

The Burmese Harp

Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay by	Natto Wada
Based on	The Burmese Harp by Michio Takeyama
Produced by	Masayuki Takagi
Starring	Rentarō Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Cinematography	Minoru Yokoyama
Edited by	Masanori Tsujii
Music by	Akira Ifukube
Production company	Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release dates	29 January 1956 (1956-01-29) (Part I) 12 February 1956 (1956-02-12) (Part II)^[1]
Running time	143 minutes (Japan) 116 minutes (International)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$33,763^[2]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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