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The Burmese Harp
(1956)
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| Rentarô Mikuni | ... |
Captain Inouye
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Shôji Yasui | ... |
Mizushima
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Jun Hamamura | ... |
Ito
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Taketoshi Naitô | ... |
Kobayashi
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Shunji Kasuga | ... |
Maki
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Kô Nishimura | ... |
Baba
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Keishichi Nakahara | ... |
Takagi
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Toshiaki Ito | ... |
Hashimoto
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Hiroshi Tsuchikata | ... |
Okada
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Tomio Aoki | ... |
Oyama
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Nobuteru Hanamura | ... |
Nakamura
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Sanpei Mine | ... |
Abe
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Takashi Koshiba | ... |
Shimizu
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Tomoko Tonai | ||
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Tokuhei Miyahara | ... |
Nagai
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Storyline
July, 1943: Japan's army is on the run. A platoon in Burma sings to keep its spirit up. Inspiration comes from their self taught lute player, Mizushima. At war's end, while they await repatriation at Mudon prison camp, Mizushima is sent to convince a Japanese company dug into a mountain that it must surrender. He fails, the British attack, many die, and his companions fear he's been killed. However, he has survived and disguised himself as a Buddhist priest. En route to Mudon to join his comrades, the frequent sight of dead Japanese soldiers overwhelms him. He vows to live a life of prayer, burying bones and bodies; his friends want him to return with them to Japan. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Captain Inouye: But that tune?
British officer: You hear a certain way of playing - a few notes floating by the breeze, and it's enough to make you think a dead man is alive. You must be dreaming.
British officer: [to his adjutant] He must be dreaming!
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Viewers familiar with the 1954 film, Gojira (Godzilla), may recognize many of the cues present in The Burmese Harp's soundtrack, as composer Akira Ifukube adapted Godzilla's requiem theme into several pieces heard throughout the film. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The 'British' officer in charge of the funerary cremation repository speaks with a decidedly Australian, not British, accent. See more »Quotes
British officer: We've done all we can. The troops that took Triangle Mountain have returned home. The Japanese survivors are not in this town.Captain Inouye: But that tune?
British officer: You hear a certain way of playing - a few notes floating by the breeze, and it's enough to make you think a dead man is alive. You must be dreaming.
British officer: [to his adjutant] He must be dreaming!
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