| Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
The Criterion Collection ; 379
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Criterion collection ; 379.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui. |
| Credits |
Sound, Masakazu Kamiya ; editor, Masanori Tsujuii ; music, Akira Ifukube. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Special features: interview the director Kon Ichikawa ; interview with actor Rentaro Mikuni ; original theatrical trailer ; essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns. |
| Language |
In Japanese and Burmese with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Japan. Rikugun -- Drama.
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Japan. Rikugun. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Burma -- Drama.
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Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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War films.
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War films.
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Feature films.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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War -- Feature.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Ichikawa, Kon, 1915-2008.
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Takeyama, Michio, 1903-1984.
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Wada, Natsuto, 1920-1983.
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Takagi, Masayuki, 1906-1978.
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Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013.
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Yasui, Shōji, 1928-2014.
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Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha.
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| Added Title |
Burmese harp |
| ISBN |
1934121290 |
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9781934121290 |
| Standard No. |
715515022729 |
| Music No. |
CC1685D Criterion Collection |
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