Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Sh�ji Yasui
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 116 minutes
1 disc
Foreign Film: Japanese

An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. Magnificently shot in hushed black and white, Kon Ichikawa�s The Burmese Harp is an eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death and remains one of Japanese cinema�s most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan�s wartime legacy.


Features:
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* New video interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Rentaro Mikuni
* Original theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A new essay by renowned critic and historian Tony Rayns
* Black & White Film