

The Burmese Harp
1956 · Movie · 1h 57m
DramaWar
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.
Ratings
IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
73/100
Key crew
- Kon IchikawaDirector
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
- Natto WadaScreenplay
Cast
- Rentaro MikuniCaptain Inouye
- Shōji YasuiMizushima
- Jun HamamuraIto
- Taketoshi NaitōKobayashi
- Shunji KasugaMaki
- Kō NishimuraBaba
- Keishichi NakaharaTakagi
- Toshiaki ItōHashimoto
- Hiroshi TsuchikataOkada
- Tomio AokiOyama
- Nobuteru HanamuraNakamura
- Sanpei MineAbe
Stills
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Themes
japanbuddhismbuddhist monkworld war iichoirburmapacific warjapanese soldierjapanese surrendermoral crisisburying the deadpow























