The Burmese Harp

Name: The Burmese Harp
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Released: 1956
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô

1956 · 117 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 6,809 VOTES · DIR. Kon Ichikawa

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 708 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:21 NIKKATSU CORP.

00:04:46 Looks up at the sky

00:09:25 I always confuse them.

00:12:35 Japan...

00:21:37 We gave up our arms.

00:24:48 The captain's calling you.

00:30:04 Further resistance is useless. Please surrender as quickly as â€”

00:32:08 Please decide in the next three minutes!

00:38:32 No, that's a naughty monkey.

00:40:16 We haven't even begun to taste the suffering of defeat yet.

00:44:24 Mizushima?

00:47:03 We didn't even have a way to search for his remains.

01:04:41 Please teach me to play like that.

01:15:14 How do you know it was Mizushima's?

01:19:23 Mizushima...

01:21:59 I have to find out who that monk is.

01:29:38 Mizushima!

01:34:29 I wish you happiness back home in Japan.

01:36:24 on the monk's shoulder, serving Buddha together.

01:40:39 Mizushima, we're going home tomorrow!

01:47:04 At ease, march!

01:50:23 As the days passed, I came to understand.

01:52:39 There is no end to words of farewell.

01:56:12 THE END

Cast & Characters

Rentarô Mikuni Captain Inouye Shôji Yasui Mizushima Tatsuya Mihashi Defense Commander Jun Hamamura Ito Taketoshi Naitô Kobayashi Shunji Kasuga Maki Kô Nishimura Baba Keishichi Nakahara Takagi Toshiaki Itô Hashimoto Hiroshi Hijikata Okada

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed708

Dialogue density6.1 lines / min

First line00:00:21

Final line01:56:12

Production Record

DirectorKon Ichikawa

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes6,809