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Burmese Harp - Criterion Collection (1956)
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| Starring: | Kô Nishimura, Rentaro Mikuni, Jun Hamamura, Eiji Nakamura, Hiroshi Tsuchikata, Ka Nishimura, Sanpei Mine, Shaji Yasui, Shôji Yasui, Shojiro Ogasawara, Shunji Kasuga, Sojiro Amano, Taketoshi Naita, Taketoshi Naitô, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tomoko Tonai, Yaji Nagahama, Yoshiaki Kato |
| Director: | Kon Ichikawa |
| Genre: | Foreign, Japan, Military/War, Drama |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Studio: | Criterion |
| Length: | 116 minutes |
| Released: | March 13, 2007 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Subtitled), Japanese(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close World War II and finds harmony through song. A corporal, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. Magnificently shot in hushed black and white, Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp is an eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death and remains one of Japanese cinema's most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan's wartime legacy.
BONUS FEATURES:
- New Video Interviews with Director Kon Ichikawa and Actor Rentaro Mikuni
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A new essay by renowned critic and historian Tony Rayns
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