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8.1/10   1,499 votes
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Director:
Kon Ichikawa
Writers:
Michio Takeyama (novel)
Natto Wada (writer)
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Release Date:
28 huhtikuu 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | War more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
This Film Touches Deep, One of The Best Ever more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Rentarô Mikuni ... Captain Inouye
Shôji Yasui ... Mizushima
Jun Hamamura ... Ito
Taketoshi Naitô ... Kobayashi (as Takeo Naito)
Shunji Kasuga ... Maki
Kô Nishimura ... Baba (as Akira Nishimura)
Keishichi Nakahara ... Takagi
Toshiaki Ito ... Hashimoto
Hiroshi Tsuchikata ... Okada
Tomio Aoki ... Oyama
Nobuteru Hanamura ... Nakamura
Sanpei Mine ... Abe
Takashi Koshiba ... Shimizu
Tomoko Tonai
Tokuhei Miyahara ... Nagai
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Harp of Burma
The Burmese Harp (USA)
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Runtime:
116 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese | English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12
Filming Locations:
Burma more
Company:
Nikkatsu more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film was originally slated to shoot in three-strip color, but director Kon Ichikawa worried that the huge camera might break down on location and he would not be able to have it fixed, so he shot in black-and-white. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The 'British' officer in charge of the funerary cremation repository speaks with a decidedly Australian, not British, accent. more
Quotes:
Subtitles: [Last lines] The soil of Burma is red, and so are its rocks! more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Biruma no tategoto (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Aogeba Toutoshi more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
This Film Touches Deep, One of The Best Ever, 15 helmikuu 2003
10/10
Author: Ronni from California

The grainy black and white can't hide the beauty of this film. Luscious and dealing with the deepest human feelings of war and death and rebirth. This movie is one of the all time greatest ever made. If it doesn't touch your soul, you're missing out and must be numb, cause the acting and the passion and the deep feelings the whole cast puts into their roles is musical in it's beauty. The lush settings and the burmese culture stand out as a slice of history we shouldn't miss.

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