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The Burmese Harp

1956

117 minutes

DramaWar

Overview

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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Top Cast

Rentaro Mikuni headshot

Rentaro Mikuni

Captain Inouye

Shōji Yasui headshot

Shōji Yasui

Mizushima

Jun Hamamura headshot

Jun Hamamura

Ito

Taketoshi Naitō headshot

Taketoshi Naitō

Kobayashi

Shunji Kasuga headshot

Shunji Kasuga

Maki

Kō Nishimura headshot

Kō Nishimura

Baba

Keishichi Nakahara headshot

Keishichi Nakahara

Takagi

Toshiaki Itō headshot

Toshiaki Itō

Hashimoto

Hiroshi Tsuchikata headshot

Hiroshi Tsuchikata

Okada

Tomio Aoki headshot

Tomio Aoki

Oyama

Nobuteru Hanamura headshot

Nobuteru Hanamura

Nakamura

Sanpei Mine headshot

Sanpei Mine

Abe

Takashi Koshiba headshot

Takashi Koshiba

Shimizu

Tokuhei Miyahara headshot

Tokuhei Miyahara

Nagai

Masahiko Naruse headshot

Masahiko Naruse

Bin Moritsuka headshot

Bin Moritsuka

Kunitaro Sawamura headshot

Kunitaro Sawamura

Eiji Nakamura headshot

Eiji Nakamura

Asao Sano headshot

Asao Sano

Shojiro Ogasawara headshot

Shojiro Ogasawara

Tanie Kitabayashi headshot

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tatsuya Mihashi headshot

Tatsuya Mihashi

Yūnosuke Itō headshot

Yūnosuke Itō

Shōki Fukae headshot

Shōki Fukae

Hiroshi Ichimura headshot

Hiroshi Ichimura

Keiji Itami headshot

Keiji Itami

Jun Kizaki headshot

Jun Kizaki