The Burmese Harp / Biruma no tategoto (1956)

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Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi
Genre: Drama, Music, War, Military
Release: 1956
Region: All Region(Region Code:0)
Format: DVD, Ntsc, Full screen
Running Time: 116min
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 5.1
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English, Korean, None

Storyline:
Mizushima is a soldier in the Japanese army in Burma in World War II. He's a good soldier and frequently plays his harp to entertain his fellow soldiers. When the war comes to an end, he is asked by the British to go into the mountains to try and convince a Japanese troop to surrender. Given only 30 minutes to convince them, Mizushima is unsuccessful - they would rather die with honor - and the British attack. Deeply affected by what has happened, he becomes a Buddhist monk, traveling the countryside burying the remains of Japanese soldiers. He is unable however to rejoin his brothers-in-arms.