The Burmese Harp - 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. A private, 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 sentiments, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan's wartime legacy.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Interviews: Kon Ichikawa (director); Rentarô Mikuni (actor)., Essay by Tony Rayns (critic/historian)., Trailers

Actors: Rentarô Mikuni, Kô Nishimura, Tomio Aoki, Jun Hamamura, Shôji Yasui, Shunji Kasuga, Keishichi Nakahara, Toshiaki Itô, Hiroshi Tsuchikata, Taketoshi Naitô

Audio Languages: Japanese, Burmese

Duration: 116 minutes

Number of Discs: 2

Subtitle Languages: English

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