The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

  • Director: Kon Ichikawa
  • Writer: Michio Takeyama,Natto Wada
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese, English, Burmese
  • Release date: April 28, 1967
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1
  • Also known as: Die Harfe von Burma
  • "The Burmese Harp" (The Burmese Harp) is a feature film produced by Nikkatsu Corporation in 1956, directed by Ichikawa Kon, starringみくにれんたろう, Shôji Yasui . The film premiered in Japan on January 21, 1956   .
    The film is based on Takeyama Michio 's novel of the same name. It tells the story of the surviving high-class Bing Mizushima as a monk who buried the remains of his compatriots who died in battle   .

    Details

    • Release date April 28, 1967
    • Filming locations Burma
    • Production companies Nikkatsu

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $13,748

    Movie reviews

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    • By Hiram 2022-04-19 09:02:44

      wrong tonality

      While the film was being shown, my husband who got off work pushed open the door and took off his shoes, and suddenly exclaimed, "Yo! What film, this music is like...a memorial service."

      This sentence hit me. The soundtrack is indeed mournful. Then cover the whole piece like wallpaper. When the Japanese army sang, I tried to imagine what the same group of people would look like massacred in China, but it still didn't quite match the number. He felt that there could be no "conservatory...

    • By Axel 2022-04-19 09:02:44

      He only saves the dead of the Japanese army

      "In the castle in spring, a flower viewing party is held. Dendrobium and dendrobium are intertwined, and the shadows are on the wall. The moonlight passes through the branches of the ancient pine, and time flies
      . " The clothes are still in good condition, and the head is already a skeleton.
      Mizushima stole the clothes of a monk who was taking care of him, and as soon as he put on his cassock, he entered the Buddhist school. Because of his inner trauma, only quiet reflection can calm...

    • By Alvah 2022-01-20 08:03:36

      Too literary and beautiful "Myanmar Harp"

      All participants in the war have died, regardless of whether they can survive or not.

      This film is really too literary and beautiful. The pain of war it shows only stays on the surface, not deep into the heart. The real pain is not something you can think about, or it can be avoided like Mizushima. The life and death pain of war and the crazy and cruel thinking about mankind should not be so superficial, and should not be as simple as simple refuge and purification. I have been...

    • By Kiley 2022-01-20 08:03:36

      Comment on "The Burmese Harp"




      Burmese harp


      Zhao Song Towards



      the end of World War II, the Allied counterattack in Southeast Asia caused the Japanese army to collapse across the board, and a small group of Japanese soldiers retreated into Burma. The entire process of defeat and escape was carried out in an orderly state. There was no sign of panic. In order to boost morale, the captain from the conservatory led everyone to sing. Moreover, in this team, there is another one....

    • By Amani 2022-01-20 08:03:36

      Love without borders

      "The Harp of Burma", a black-and-white film that was post-war Japan in 1956, may not be particularly familiar to everyone. However, there is one piece in this movie that everyone must be familiar with, and that is "Farewell" written by Mr. Li Shutong. When mentioning this song, many people would think that Mr. Li Shutong is the original creator, but in fact the original creator of the song is JP Ordway from the United States, whose original name is Dreaming of home and mother ("Dreaming of home...

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    • By Toney 2023-09-20 21:10:47

      I don't know why, I frequently appear in dramas, but I only remember the appearance of the Mizushima monk, the parrot and that...

    • By Verdie 2023-09-08 20:13:52

      4. Aside from the controversial historical view, the film is technically successful. Burmese, Japanese, British and Indian, the real feeling of being together. Regarding reflection, the director presents a warm humanitarianism, or a one-sided humanitarianism. For more than ten years after the war, they seem to have forgotten the sufferings of other countries, and they have only self-examination but not...

    • By Letitia 2023-08-30 01:55:48

      The representative work of Tuowuyanzhi. The main problem of the film is that Mizushima only decided to stay from the point of view of the meaning of war and Buddhism. In fact, Mizushima should realize that he chose to stay alone, and decided to go back with his comrades, expressing his consciousness as an individual, and a collective In contrast, he felt that he did not belong to the original group and did not want to be with them. It was a jab at Japan's collective fanaticism during the...

    • By Timothy 2023-08-12 16:07:04

      Ichichuankun really made an extraordinary...

    • By Nona 2023-08-07 00:36:45

      That magic harp of Farao... I really want...

    Movie plot

    In July 1945, at the end of the Pacific War in Burma, a group of Japanese soldiers marched on their way to Thailand. Under the command of Captain Inoue (みくにれんたろう) , the superior soldier Mizushima ( played by Shôji Yasui ) who was born in the Conservatory of Music , he used his self-taught harp to boost morale and soothe the soldiers’ sad thoughts, and later used music as a medium to accept their surrender. The British soldiers reached...
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    Evaluation action

    The Japanese soldier portrayed in Ichikawa Kon's film "The Burmese Harp" is completely different from the previous Japanese "Gao Daquan" image. They no longer cherish the spirit of Bushido, nor do they have the slightest obsession with "unsuccessful, benevolent". On the contrary, the display of survival and individuality has become the soldier's greatest and strongest desire. Through this method of combining war and religious epiphany,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Voice of Inouye's parrot: Mizushima, let's return to Japan together.

    • 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!

    • Captain Inouye: The songs uplifted our spirits and sometimes our hearts.