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  • Title: Burmese Harp, The (Criterion #379) [Biruma no Tategoto]
  • Summary: A Japanese army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burna at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song.
  • Director: Kon Ichikawa
  • Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Shōji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitō, Kō Nishimura
  • Year: 1967
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  • Keywords: Criterion | WWII
  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: Bridge on the River Kwai. Fires on the Plain, Hell in the Pacific, Human Condition, Pearl Harbor, Tora Tora Tora
  • Language: Japanese with English subtitles
  • Country: Japan
  • Comments: The DVD includes an introduction by scholar Donald Ritchie and interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Mickey Curtis.
  • Collection: War