La harpe de Birmanie

Titre original : Biruma no tategoto

1956
Not Rated
1h 56min

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Rentarô Mikuni and Shôji Yasui in La harpe de Birmanie (1956)

Dans les derniers jours de la guerre, lorsqu'un soldat japonais animé par sa conscience ne parvient pas à convaincre ses compatriotes de se rendre devant une force écrasante, il adopte le st... Tout lireDans les derniers jours de la guerre, lorsqu'un soldat japonais animé par sa conscience ne parvient pas à convaincre ses compatriotes de se rendre devant une force écrasante, il adopte le style de vie d'un moine bouddhiste.Dans les derniers jours de la guerre, lorsqu'un soldat japonais animé par sa conscience ne parvient pas à convaincre ses compatriotes de se rendre devant une force écrasante, il adopte le style de vie d'un moine bouddhiste.

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Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 4 victoires et 3 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Viewers familiar with Godzilla (1954), may recognize many of the cues present in The Burmese Harp's soundtrack, as composer Akira Ifukube adapted Godzilla's requiem theme into several pieces heard throughout the film.

Gaffes
The modern harp (with its pedal changes and its consequent ability to make changes of harmony, in particular)that is played throughout on the film's soundtrack does not match the much more basic instrument shown in the film.

Citations
Captain Inouye: [Excerpt from Mizushima's letter, which Captain Inouye reads to his men as they sail back to Japan] As I climbed mountains and crossed streams, burying the bodies left in the grasses and streams, my heart was wracked with questions. Why must the world suffer such misery? Why must there be such inexplicable pain? As the days passed, I came to understand. I realized that, in the end, the answers were not for human beings to know, that our work is simply to ease the great suffering of the world. To have the courage to face suffering, senselessness and irrationality without fear, to find the strength to create peace by one's own example. I will undergo whatever training is necessary for this to become my unshakable conviction.

Connexions
Featured in Ai no onimotsu (1955)

Bandes originales
Hanyuu no Yado
(Japanese Version of 'Home Sweet Home')

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Very poignant anti-war statement, supported with passionate music and photography. A Japanese POW at the end of the war is separated from his comrades when he tries to coax some hold-outs to surrender. After disastrous results, he disguises as a Buddhist monk and is considered dead, wandering the countryside and continually confronted with the truly dead. His friends suspect he has survived and are disconsolate unless reunited with him. But before he can rejoin them, his journey gradually and painfully transforms him. He has a new mission and a new identity, his spiritual garb no longer a mere disguise.