Movie·1956·1h 57m
The Burmese Harp
Directed By
Kon Ichikawa
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: ビルマの竪琴
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.
Written By
Natto Wada
Producer
Masayuki Takaki
Cinematography
Minoru Yokoyama
Music
Akira Ifukube
Editor
Masanori Tsujii
Themes
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Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Captain Inouye
Shōji Yasui
Mizushima
Jun Hamamura
Ito
Taketoshi Naitō
Kobayashi
Shunji Kasuga
Maki
Kō Nishimura
Baba
Keishichi Nakahara
Takagi
Toshiaki Itō
Hashimoto
Hiroshi Tsuchikata
Okada
Tomio Aoki
Oyama
Nobuteru Hanamura
Nakamura
Sanpei Mine
Abe
Takashi Koshiba
Shimizu
Tokuhei Miyahara
Nagai
Masahiko Naruse
Bin Moritsuka
Kunitaro Sawamura
Eiji Nakamura
// crew
Crew
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Masayuki Takaki
Producer
Masanori Tsujii
Editor
Minoru Yokoyama
Director of Photography
Natto Wada
Screenplay
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