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Criterion LaserDiscs The Burmese Harp Remastered Rare Criterion LaserDisc #171 Drama

The Burmese Harp Remastered Rare Criterion LaserDisc #171 Drama

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The Burmese Harp Remastered Rare Criterion LaserDisc #171 Drama

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Shôji Yasui and Rentaro Mikuni in...

The Burmese Harp

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1314L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Japanese with English Subtitles
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The Burmese Harp
1956 - 116 min. - Color
Genre: War
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Shji Yasui stars in director Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of Michio Takeyama's antiwar novel. Set in Burma during the waning days of WWII, a unit of Japanese soldiers hangs on, inspired by the virtuoso Burmese harp playing of Private Mizushima. When the war finally ends, the unit is taken to an internment camp at Mudon to prepare for repatriation. The British plan on cleaning out a pocket of die-hard Japanese mountain fighters, but Mizushima volunteers to try to persuade the men to surrender. When they refuse, the mountain garrison is wiped out, and Mizushima himself is badly wounded. A Buddhist monk nurses the soldier back to health, and when Mizushima leaves for the camp at Mudon, he dons the garb of a monk. As he makes his way slowly across the Burmese countryside, observing the endless of miles of torn and broken corpses, the impact of the war's waste begins to weigh on the harp player. Mizushima begins to either burn or bury as many as he is able to, increasingly overtaken by the ide fixe of burying all the Japanese dead in the country. An oblique yet moving film, THE BURMESE HARP achieves much of its power and poignancy through the juxtaposition of the detritus and horror of war with the beauty and tranquillity of nature. As is often the case in Japanese films, humanity is accorded a humble role in a vast universe.

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Cast for The Burmese Harp

Koji Ishizaka
Niichi Nakai
Takuzo Kawatani
Atsushi Watanabe
Fujio Tokita

Feature Details

Title: The Burmese Harp
Feature Release Date: 1956
Genre: War
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Color
Runtime: 116 Minutes
Chapters: 28
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 5 Feb 1993
Catalog Number: CC1314L
UPC: 0715515003537
ISBN: 1559402822
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: Japanese
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1314L
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Remastered, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with edge and shelf-wear

Shôji Yasui and Rentaro Mikuni in...

The Burmese Harp

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1314L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Japanese with English Subtitles
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

The Burmese Harp
1956 - 116 min. - Color
Genre: War
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Shji Yasui stars in director Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of Michio Takeyama's antiwar novel. Set in Burma during the waning days of WWII, a unit of Japanese soldiers hangs on, inspired by the virtuoso Burmese harp playing of Private Mizushima. When the war finally ends, the unit is taken to an internment camp at Mudon to prepare for repatriation. The British plan on cleaning out a pocket of die-hard Japanese mountain fighters, but Mizushima volunteers to try to persuade the men to surrender. When they refuse, the mountain garrison is wiped out, and Mizushima himself is badly wounded. A Buddhist monk nurses the soldier back to health, and when Mizushima leaves for the camp at Mudon, he dons the garb of a monk. As he makes his way slowly across the Burmese countryside, observing the endless of miles of torn and broken corpses, the impact of the war's waste begins to weigh on the harp player. Mizushima begins to either burn or bury as many as he is able to, increasingly overtaken by the ide fixe of burying all the Japanese dead in the country. An oblique yet moving film, THE BURMESE HARP achieves much of its power and poignancy through the juxtaposition of the detritus and horror of war with the beauty and tranquillity of nature. As is often the case in Japanese films, humanity is accorded a humble role in a vast universe.

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Cast for The Burmese Harp

Koji Ishizaka
Niichi Nakai
Takuzo Kawatani
Atsushi Watanabe
Fujio Tokita

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