The Burmese Harp (1956)
July, 1945: Japan's army is on the run. A platoon in Burma sings to keep its spirit up. Inspiration comes from their self-taught lute player... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Kon Ichikawa
Written By: Michio Takeyama, Natto Wada
Starring: Tatsuya Mihashi, Rentarô Mikuni, Tomio Aoki, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô, Kô Nishimura, Hiroshi Hijikata, Yûnosuke Itô, Tokuhei Miyahara, Shunji Kasuga, Norikatsu Hanamura
Franchise: The Burmese Harp
AKA: Biruma no tategoto
Country: Japan
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The Burmese Harp belongs to 48 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by kozan26 - 220 stars)
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A soldier sacrifices his worldly existence so as to assuage feelings of guilt held collectively by Japanese, thereby allowing them to look to the future and throw themselves into reconstruction. THE MYANMARESE HARP has some nice things about it, but it's all rather schmaltzy and the narrative unfailingly follows its sacrificial logic. I wonder if Harpo saw it. Coincidentally, a better and even more successful Myanmar-themed-movie-with-a-significant-musical-aspect would appear the following year.
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Evocative depiction of war as a spiritual tragedy. Tiptoes around the painful subject with heavy melodramatic contrivance which is hardly surprising for the time but still slightly disappointing in its historical perspective. Beyond that however, the film works beautifully as story about faith & the internal process of reconciliation against the immediacy of senseless loss. Its heavy-handed structure enriched by strong visuals, music & acting all of which manage to feel equally blunt & pointed.
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generally well-done, quite good looking at times, often affecting. but it's also maudlin, and the harp and parrot are textbook plot devices that are way overused.
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Really great ending
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