The Burmese Harp Videorecording = : Biruma no Tategoto
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Special features: interview the director Kon Ichikawa ; interview with actor Rentaro Mikuni ; original theatrical trailer ; essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns.
Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui.
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.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
379.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In Japanese and Burmese with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Janis Films, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1934121290
9781934121290
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ichikawa, Kon, 1915-
Takeyama, Michio, 1903-1984.
Wada, Natsuto, 1920-1983.
Takagi, Masayuki, 1906-1978.
Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-
Yasui, Shōji, 1928-
Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha.
SUBJECTS
Japan. -- Rikugun -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Burma -- Drama.
Japanese language materials.
Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Drama.
Feature films.
War films -- Japan.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War -- Feature.
War films.