The Burmese Harp (1985 film)

The Burmese Harp
	1985 Japanese film poster
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Release date	1985;
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴, Biruma no tategoto) (also known as 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.

Cast

Reception

The Burmese Harp was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1985, earning ¥2.95 billion in distribution income.[1] With an audience of 3.87 million people, it was then the second largest Japanese box office hit.[2]

References

"Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1985-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
Philip A. Seaton, Japan's Contested War Memories: The 'Memory Rifts' in Historical Consciousness of World War II, London and New York: Routledge, 2007, p. 141.

External links

The Burmese Harp (1985) at IMDb
The Burmese Harp (1985) at AllMovie
"Biruma no tategoto - 1985" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 13 July 2007.

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[1] "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1985-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

[2] Philip A. Seaton, Japan's Contested War Memories: The 'Memory Rifts' in Historical Consciousness of World War II, London and New York: Routledge, 2007, p. 141.