The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴) 68 years old

The Burmese Harp

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.

Credits

The Burmese Harp Cast

Name Character
Rentarō Mikuni He was 33, 90 years old when he died as Captain Inouye
Jun Hamamura He was 49, 89 years old when he died as Ito
Keishichi Nakahara as Takagi
Tatsuya Mihashi He was 32, 80 years old when he died
Shojiro Ogasawara He was 53, 72 years old when he died
Kô Nishimura He was 32, 74 years old when he died as Baba
Tanie Kitabayashi She was 44, 98 years old when she died
Yūnosuke Itō He was 36, 60 years old when he died
Tomio Aoki He was 32, 80 years old when he died as Oyama
Toshiaki Ito as Hashimoto
Shunji Kasuga He was 34, now 102 years old as Maki
Takashi Koshiba as Shimizu
Shôji Yasui He was 27, now 95 years old as Mizushima
Nobuteru Hanamura as Nakamura
Bin Moritsuka He was 29, 79 years old when he died
Asao Sano He was 30, now 98 years old
Sanpei Mine as Abe
Hiroshi Tsuchikata as Okada
Taketoshi Naito He was 29, 86 years old when he died as Kobayashi
Masahiko Naruse He was 31, 73 years old when he died
Kunitarō Sawamura He was 50, 69 years old when he died
Eiji Nakamura He was 48, 59 years old when he died

The Burmese Harp Crew

Name Department
Masanori Tsujii as Editor. Editing
Toshio Masuda as Assistant Director. He was 28 (now 96) years old Directing
Kon Ichikawa as Director. He was 40 (92) years old when He died Directing
Natto Wada as Screenplay. She was 35 (62) years old when She died Writing
Michio Takeyama as Novel. He was 52 (80) years old when He died Writing
Akira Ifukube as Original Music Composer. He was 41 (91) years old when He died Sound
Akira Nakai as Production Design. Art
Masayuki Takaki as Producer. Production
Minoru Yokoyama as Director of Photography. Camera
The Burmese Harp poster
The Burmese Harp (68 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, January 21, 1956
  • Runtime: 116 minutes