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The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp
★ 7.9/10•1956•1h 57m•Drama•War
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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.

Kon Ichikawa · Director

Natto Wada · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 57m
LanguageJA
Release DateJan 21, 1956

Actors

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Captain Inouye

Shōji Yasui

Shōji Yasui

Mizushima

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Ito

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Kobayashi

Shunji Kasuga

Maki

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Baba

Keishichi Nakahara

Takagi

Toshiaki Itō

Hashimoto

Hiroshi Tsuchikata

Okada

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Oyama

Nobuteru Hanamura

Nakamura

Sanpei Mine

Abe

Takashi Koshiba

Shimizu

Tokuhei Miyahara

Nagai

Masahiko Naruse

Bin Moritsuka

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