Synopsis
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
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic73/100
177 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
- Kon IchikawaDirector
- 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
Themes
japanbuddhismbuddhist monkworld war iichoirburmapacific warjapanese soldierjapanese surrendermoral crisisburying the deadpow