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The Burmese Harp is a film of genre Drama directed by Kon Ichikawa with Kiichi Nakai

The Burmese Harp (1985)

The Burmese Harp
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The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴, Biruma no tategoto) (a.k.a. Harp of Burma) is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is a color remake of the 1956 black-and-white The Burmese Harp, which was also directed by Ichikawa.

Actors

Kiichi Nakai

(Pvt. Mizushima)Kōji Ishizaka

(Cmdr. Inoue)Takuzo Kawatani
Atsushi Watanabe

(Pvt. Kobayashi)Tanie Kitabayashi
Bunta Sugawara

(Platoon Commander)
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