The Burmese Harp

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The Burmese Harp ★★★★ Harp of Burma; Birumano Tategoto 1956

At the end of WWII, a Japanese soldier is spiritually traumatized and becomes obsessed with burying the masses of war casualties. A searing, acclaimed anti-war statement, in Japanese with English subtitles. Re-made by Ichikawa in 1985. 115m/B VHS, DVD . JP Shoji Yasui, Rentaro Mikuni, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tanie Kitabayashi, Yunosuke Ito; D: Kon Ichikawa; W: Natto Wada; C: Minoru Yokoyama; M: Akira Ifukube.

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