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DVD

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  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
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The Burmese harp = Biruma no tategoto

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Japanese and Burmese, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yûnosuke Itô.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Special features: video interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Rentaro Mikuni ; original theatrical trailer.

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