The Burmese harp Biruma no tategoto
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
jpn
UPC
715515022729

Notes

General Note
Based on the novel of the same name by Michio Takeyama.
General Note
Booklet includes an essay by Tony Rayns ("Unknown soldiers").
General Note
English credits from subtitles.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
General Note
Special features (in Japanese with English subtitles, 32 min.): Kon Ichikawa interview (2005, 16 min.); Rentaro Mikuni interview (2006, 12 min.); original theatrical trailer (4 min.); color bars.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Minoru Yokoyama ; edited by Masanori Tsujii ; music, Akira Ifukube.
Participants/Performers
Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naito, Ko Nishimura, Shunji Kasuga, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yunosuke Ito.
Description
An anti-war drama about a wounded Japanese soldier in British custody during the last days of World War II. Sent out into the Burmese jungle to persuade renegade fighters to surrender, the harp-playing soldier undergoes a spiritual change and becomes obsessed with burying war dead.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In Japanese & Burmese, with optional English subtitles.
Awards
1956 Venice Film Festival San Giorgio Prize winner--Kon Ichikawa, OCIC Award-Honorable Mention--Kon Ichikawa

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Ichikawa, K., Ifukube, A., Ito, Y., Kitabayashi, T., Mihashi, T., Mikuni, R., Naitō, T., Nishimura, K., Rayns, T., Takagi, M., Takeyama, M., Wada, N., & Yasui, S. (2007). The Burmese harp: Biruma no tategoto (Standard format (1.33:1).). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kon Ichikawa et al.. 2007. The Burmese Harp: Biruma No Tategoto. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kon Ichikawa et al.. The Burmese Harp: Biruma No Tategoto Criterion Collection, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Ichikawa, Kon, et al. The Burmese Harp: Biruma No Tategoto Standard format (1.33:1)., Criterion Collection, 2007.

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