The Burmese Harp
Kon Ichikawa | Japan | 1956 | 116 minutes
 | After failing to convince a company of his fellow countrymen dug into a mountain to surrender against overwhelming odds, prisoner of war Mizushima decides not to return to Japan as the war ends but instead to remain in Burma and dedicate his life to prayer and the burial of the dead. The first film of Ichikawa's war diptych is a powerful anti-war statement that ranks with the very finest films of the genre.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049012/ Screening on: Wednesday 10th March 2010 at 7:00PM |