, 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.
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Cast Kiichi Nakai Kōji Ishizaka Nenji Kobayashi Jun Hamamura Atsushi Watanabe
Reception The Burmese Harp was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1985, earning ¥2.95 billion in distribution income. With an audience of 3.87 million people, it was then the second largest Japanese box office hit.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. The film grossed a total of or in Japan.
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ja:ビルマの竪琴#1985年版