Hiroshi Tsuchikata, Jun Hamamura, K? Nishimura
A Japanese soldier experiences a spiritual awakening during World War II and turns all his energies to burying the dead.
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2007
Stats: 126 reviews
In order to wage war, in order for human beings to kill other human beings on a massive scale, there must be some rationalization. Historically, we, as warriors, create in our minds a caricature of those we call our enemies. It's a phenomenon that's universal and cross-cultural...( read more)
Little too moralizing and sentimental for my tastes. Some nice compositions though...
A very good anti-war movie coming from the generation of Japanese who were part of the World War II experience. Soldiers who die and are left on foreign soil, in any war and from any country, are sadly separated forever from their homelands. It takes a unique individual to pled...( read more)
one of the most beautiful and powerful films ever made. mizushima is a heroic character yet tragic at the same time. the film could have used another 20 minutes to flush out more of the introductory relationships that the protagonist had with his fellow soldiers, but ichikawa d...( read more)
The Burmese Harp tells the story of a young soldier who finally realises the atrocities of war. The film is rather powerful in it's depictions of dead soldiers. Where other films show the violence of battle, here we see lifeless bodies piled on top of each other. With one soldier...( read more)
An exquisite, dark, yet heartwarming tale of a WWII soldier who becomes a buddhist monk. It may borderline on sentimental but the story is so strong and compelling that it's difficult not to love this visually stunning anti-war film.
Sometimes when I watch movies like this, I feel so angry that filmmakers today could not do what people could in the past with so much less to work with. R.I.P. Kon Ichikawa.
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