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The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

117 mins

Rating

7.9/10

Release Date

21 January 1956

Country

Japan

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Captain Inouye

Shōji Yasui

Shōji Yasui

Mizushima

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Ito

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Kobayashi

Shunji Kasuga

Shunji Kasuga

Maki

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Baba

Keishichi Nakahara

Keishichi Nakahara

Takagi

Toshiaki Itō

Toshiaki Itō

Hashimoto

Hiroshi Tsuchikata

Hiroshi Tsuchikata

Okada

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Oyama

Nobuteru Hanamura

Nobuteru Hanamura

Nakamura

Sanpei Mine

Sanpei Mine

Abe

Takashi Koshiba

Takashi Koshiba

Shimizu

Tokuhei Miyahara

Tokuhei Miyahara

Nagai

Masahiko Naruse

Masahiko Naruse

Bin Moritsuka

Bin Moritsuka

Kunitaro Sawamura

Kunitaro Sawamura

Eiji Nakamura

Eiji Nakamura

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shojiro Ogasawara

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Hiroshi Ichimura

Hiroshi Ichimura

Keiji Itami

Keiji Itami

Jun Kizaki

Jun Kizaki

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