The Burmese Harp
7.8
174 votes
1956
1h 57m
Drama
War
Overview
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.
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Top cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Captain Inouye
Shōji Yasui
Mizushima
Jun Hamamura
Ito
Taketoshi Naitō
KobayashiS
Shunji Kasuga
Maki
Kō Nishimura
BabaK
Keishichi Nakahara
TakagiT
Toshiaki Itō
HashimotoH
Hiroshi Tsuchikata
Okada
Tomio Aoki
OyamaN
Nobuteru Hanamura
NakamuraS
Sanpei Mine
AbeT
Takashi Koshiba
ShimizuT
Tokuhei Miyahara
NagaiM
Masahiko Naruse
B
Bin Moritsuka
K
Kunitaro Sawamura
E
Eiji Nakamura
Asao Sano
S
Shojiro Ogasawara
Details
Status
Released
Release date
January 21, 1956
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Burmese, English, Japanese
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