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Biruma no tategoto Ba mā ́coʻʺ = The Burmese harp
Title
Biruma no tategoto [videorecording] = Ba mā ́coʻʺ = The Burmese harp / Nikkatsu Corporation.
ISBN
078001457x :
Published
[New York] : Janus Films ; [S.l.] : Distributed by Public Media Incorporated, [1994?]
Physical Description
1 videocassette (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Notes
VHS format.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Title on cassette label and container: The Burmese harp.
The title Burmese harp is also given at the beginning of the film in Burmese.
Videocassette release of the 1957 motion picture.
"BUR 110"--Container.
Director, Kon Ichikawa ; producer, Masayuki Takaki ; original story, Michio Takeyama ; screenplay, Natto Wada ; photographer, Minoru Yokoyama ; editor, Masanori Tsujii ; music, Akira Ifukube.
Summary
Following the actions of a young Japanese officer separated from his battalion at the close of the Pacific War in Burma, the film shows one man's journey from the comforts of companionship in adversity to a solitary confrontation with, and the eventual grasp of, mass death in the name of patriotism.
Variant and related titles
: Burmese harp
Ba mā ́conʻʺ.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Director, Kon Ichikawa ; producer, Masayuki Takaki ; original story, Michio Takeyama ; screenplay, Natto Wada ; photographer, Minoru Yokoyama ; editor, Masanori Tsujii ; music, Akira Ifukube.
Performers
Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Takeo Naito, Akira Nishimura, Hiroshi Tsuchikata, Sanpeimine and Yoshiaki Koto.
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