The Burmese Harp
1956•1h 57m•7.8•Released
DramaWar
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
Languages
Burmese, English, Japanese
Studio
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Captain Inouye
Shōji Yasui
Mizushima
Jun Hamamura
Ito
Taketoshi Naitō
Kobayashi
Shunji Kasuga
Maki
Kō Nishimura
Baba
Keishichi Nakahara
Takagi
Toshiaki Itō
Hashimoto
Hiroshi Tsuchikata
Okada
Tomio Aoki
Oyama
Nobuteru Hanamura
Nakamura
Sanpei Mine
Abe
Takashi Koshiba
Shimizu
Tokuhei Miyahara
Nagai
Masahiko Naruse
Production
Company
Nikkatsu Corporation
Producer
Masayuki Takaki
Recommended
8.2
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
7.6
The Last Samurai
2003
6.8
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
7.5
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
6.2
Emperor
2012
7
The Steel Helmet
1951
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
8.2
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
7
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
7.8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
6.3
Play Dirty
1969
6.3
Taking Sides
2002
7.3
The Last Full Measure
2020
7.2
Prisoner of War
2025
7.6
Fires on the Plain
1959
6.9
The Outpost
2020
7.3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
7.1
Cross of Iron
1977
6.3
Waiting for Anya
2020
Similar Movies
6.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
5.6
Mosquito Squadron
1969
5.6
Hanover Street
1979
6.8
The Day Hitler Died
2015
6.8
A Soldier's Story
1984
7.5
I Am a Hero
2016
7.2
Between Two Worlds
1944
A Voice From Mauthausen
2014
Her War, Her Story: World War II
2022
7.2
The Nun's Story
1959
6.8
For a Lost Soldier
1992
6.5
All Things Fair
1995
7.4
Himalaya
1999
7.3
Lion of the Desert
1981
5.8
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
6.9
Boiling Point
1990
7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942
7.5
Farewell
1966
Feeling Lucky?
2013
6.9
Kids Return
1996