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The Burmese Harp (1985 film)
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Wikipedia article
, 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
* Kiichi Nakai
* Kji Ishizaka
* Nenji Kobayashi
* Jun Hamamura
* Atsushi Watanabe
Reception
'The Burmese Harp' was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1985, earning 2.95 billion in distribution income. With an audience of 3.87 million people, it was then the second largest Japanese box office hit.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. The film grossed a total of or in Japan.
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