Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. Kon Ichikawa’s The Burmese Harp (1956) is one of those movies I’ve heard about for years—or at least seen on lists of key Japanese ...

The 1956 Japanese film “The Burmese Harp” tells the story of a Japanese infantry unit in Burma (now Myanmar) at the tail end of World War II, and in its meticulous storytelling it achieves a form of ...

Mizushima is a soldier in the Japanese army in Burma in World War II. He's a good soldier and frequently plays his harp to entertain his fellow soldiers. When the war comes to an end, he is asked by ...

The Burmese Harp explores themes of the senselessness of war, the importance of comradeship and friendship and the emotions felt by soldiers over the loss of a friend. Director Kon Ichikawa is known ...

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