Film

The Burmese Harp

5.619852h 13mDrama War

Director: Kon Ichikawa
Year: 1985

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.

Top cast

Koji Ishizaka

Cmdr. Inoue

Kiichi Nakai

Pvt. Mizushima

Atsushi Watanabe

Pvt. Kobayashi

Fujio Tokita

Old Man

Tanie Kitabayashi

Old Woman

Bunta Sugawara

Platoon Commander

Takuzō Kawatani

Sgt. Ido

Directed by

Kon Ichikawa

Written by

Natto Wada

Produced by

Masaru Kakutani, Hiroaki Fujii, Masaya Araki