Burmese Harp - Criterion Collection

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

Magnificently shot in hushed black and white, Kon Ichikawa´s The Burmese Harp is an eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death and remains one of Japanese cinema´s most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan´s wartime legacy.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 16 Mars, 2007