The Burmese Harp (Criterion Collection) (1956) On DVD

Actor :       Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô, Kô Nishimura
Director:   Kon Ichikawa
Genre:       Foreign Video - Japanese
Year:         1956
Studio:      Criterion
Length:     116
Released: March 13, 2007
Rating:       Unrated (Video)
Format:     DVD
Misc:          Black & White
Language:English
Subtitles : English

DESCRIPTION:

An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close World War II and finds harmony through song. A corporal, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. Magnificently shot in hushed black and white, Kon Ichikawa’s The Burmese Harp is an eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death and remains one of Japanese cinema’s most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan’s wartime legacy.