Biruma no Tategoto
The Burmese Harp
(c)1956 NIKKATSU CORPORATION
(c)1956 NIKKATSU CORPORATION
- Release Date
- February, 12th, 1956
- Running Time
- 116 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Monochrome
- Screening Format
- -
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- MIKUNI Rentaro ── Captain INOUE
- YASUI Shoji ── Private First Class MIZUSHIMA
- MIHASHI Tatsuya ── Captain of the unit in Triangle Mountain
[ Staff ]
- WADA Natto ── Screenplay
- TAKEYAMA Michio ── Based on a novel by
- YOKOYAMA Minoru ── Cinematography
- IFUKUBE Akira ── Music
- MATSUYAMA Takashi ── Art Director
[ Production Company ]
NIKKATSU
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
NIKKATSU
[ Story ]
At the close of the war in Burma, Corporal Mizushima is tasked with persuading a holed-up group of soldiers who are still fighting to surrender. After sustaining injuries when caught in crossfire, he is rescued by a Burmese monk, whereupon he resolves to stay behind on foreign soil to pray for the souls of fallen Japanese soldiers. Though the film is based on a children's novel by TAKEYAMA Michio released just after the end of World War II, Ichikawa adds his own spin on the material, poignantly depicting the horrors of war with a controlled, no-frills approach. The film won the San Giorgio Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
Written by KU Mina
Reference: National Film Archive of Japan screening program
Translated by Adam Sutherland
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2023 Hong Kong International Film Festival
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