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7.9 / 10 1h 57min

Drama Music War

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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Review by user675kn6rweas

A Masterpiece - unlike any other war film

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Review by user556iq831jwo

A haunting and heartwarming parable of selflessness, compassion and spiritual awakening.

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Review by SparklingStarfish

a great postwar japan novel by Takeyama Michio made into a great anti-war film by Kon Ichikawa

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Review by ElectricElephant

"Down in Burma, the soil is red. So are rocks"

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Review by RubyRaccoon

The Burmese Harp is a poignant elegy to the failure of Japanese imperialism.

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Review by NighttimeNightingale

lyrical, beautiful, but heart-wrenchingly bleak spiritual take on war

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Review by user768k49h2mcr

This Film Touches Deep, One of The Best Ever

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Review by user461c89tup4d

Music is more than the soul of love

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Review by EmeraldElephant

Among the finest anti-war films, which also explores the Buddhist beliefs of altruism.

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Review by user850axrdc8ia

Numinal Ichikawa masterpiece that declared his genius

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Review by user2111u5jdk15

Some lost their life during the war, others gave it.

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Review by PolarPenguin

THE BURMESE HARP (Kon Ichikawa, 1956) ***1/2

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Review by WildWolf

A moving and well-made film with important subtleties

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Review by user763xwcrf8aw

A lovely film adaptation of an interesting novel

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Review by user5194jn5dm36

Emotional and thought-provoking drama

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Review by ThunderousThylacine

While far from perfect, it is an exceptional anti-war film

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