The Burmese harp [DVD]

Available

The Burmese harp

(2007)

Fiction

DVD

Series:

Criterion collection #379

Call Numbers:

DVD/FOREIGN/JAPANESE/BURMESE

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Movies	DVD/FOREIGN/JAPANESE/BURMESE	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

[United States] : Criterion Collection : distributed by Image Entertainment, 2007

DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN

1934121290 CC1685D, 9781934121290, 6310850156 :, 715515022729

LANGUAGE

Japanese

SERIES

Criterion collection #379

NOTES

Title from disc label

"An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment."

Nikkatsu Corporation c1957

Release date: Mar. 13, 2007

Special features: interview the director Kon Ichikawa ; interview with actor Rentaro Mikuni ; original theatrical trailer ; essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns

Director, Kon Ichikawa ; story, Michio Takeyama ; screenplay, Natto Wada ; sound, Masakazu Kamiya ; music, Akira Ifukube ; editor, Masanori Tsujuii

Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui

Not rated

DVD ; Dolby Digital Mono ; NTSC ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio

In Japanese and Burmese with optional English subtitles