Jan 21, 1956
117 min
Full-HD

The Burmese Harp (1956)

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.

Category

Drama War

Country

Japan

Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Rentaro Mikuni

Captain Inouye

Shōji Yasui

Mizushima

Jun Hamamura

Ito

Taketoshi Naitō

Kobayashi

Shunji Kasuga

Maki

Kō Nishimura

Baba

Keishichi Nakahara

Takagi

Toshiaki Itō

Hashimoto

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