The Burmese Harp (1956)

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.
Toshio Masuda, Kon Ichikawa
Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô, Shunji Kasuga, Kō Nishimura, Keishichi Nakahara, Toshiaki Ito, Hiroshi Tsuchikata, Tomio Aoki, Nobuteru Hanamura, Sanpei Mine, Takashi Koshiba, Tokuhei Miyahara, Masahiko Naruse, Bin Moritsuka, Kunitaro Sawamura, Eiji Nakamura, Asao Sano, Shojiro Ogasawara, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yūnosuke Itō, Shôki Fukae, Hiroshi Ichimura, Keiji Itami, Jun Kizaki
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