The Burmese Harp (1956)
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.
Director:
Kon Ichikawa
Writer:
Natto Wada
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Rentaro Mikuni as Captain Inouye |
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Shōji Yasui as Mizushima |
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Jun Hamamura as Ito |
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Taketoshi Naitō as Kobayashi |
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Shunji Kasuga as Maki |
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Kō Nishimura as Baba |
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Keishichi Nakahara as Takagi |
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Toshiaki Itō as Hashimoto |
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Hiroshi Tsuchikata as Okada |
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Tomio Aoki as Oyama |
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Nobuteru Hanamura as Nakamura |
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Sanpei Mine as Abe |
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Takashi Koshiba as Shimizu |
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Tokuhei Miyahara as Nagai |
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Masahiko Naruse as |
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Bin Moritsuka as |
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Kunitaro Sawamura as |
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Eiji Nakamura as |
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Asao Sano as |
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Shojiro Ogasawara as |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as |
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Yūnosuke Itō as |
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Shōki Fukae as |
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Hiroshi Ichimura as |
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Keiji Itami as |
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Jun Kizaki as |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Masayuki Takaki | Producer |
| Editing | Masanori Tsujii | Editor |
| Writing | Michio Takeyama | Novel |
| Camera | Minoru Yokoyama | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Toshio Masuda | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Natto Wada | Screenplay |
| Art | Takashi Matsuyama | Art Direction |
| Art | Akira Nakai | Production Design |