The Burmese Harp (1985 film)

The Burmese Harp
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Written byNatto Wada
Based onThe Burmese Harp
1956 film
by Kon Ichikawa
Produced byMasaya Araki
Hiroaki Fujii
Masaru Kakutani
StarringKôji Ishizaka
Kiichi Nakai
Takuzô Kawatani
CinematographySetsuo Kobayashi
Edited byChizuko Osada
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byToho Studios
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥5.9 billion

The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴, Biruma no Tategoto), also known as Harp of Burma, is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is a color remake of the 1956 black-and-white The Burmese Harp, which was also directed by Ichikawa.[1][2]

Plot

Cast

Reception

The Burmese Harp was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1985, earning ¥2.95 billion in distribution income.[3] With an audience of 3.87 million people, it was then the second largest Japanese box office hit.[4] The film grossed a total of ¥5.9 billion or $29,000,000 (equivalent to $82,000,000 in 2023) in Japan.[5]

References

  1. ^ "ビルマの竪琴". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ビルマの竪琴". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1985-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  4. ^ Philip A. Seaton, Japan's Contested War Memories: The 'Memory Rifts' in Historical Consciousness of World War II, London and New York: Routledge, 2007, p. 141.
  5. ^ "The Burmese Harp". Toho Kingdom. Retrieved 23 May 2020.


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