| Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The Criterion Collection ; 379
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Note |
In Japanese and Burmese with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui. |
| Credits |
Sound, Masakazu Kamiya ; editor, Masanori Tsujuii ; music, Akira Ifukube. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956. |
| Summary |
An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. |
| Note |
Special features: interview the director Kon Ichikawa ; interview with actor Rentaro Mikuni ; original theatrical trailer ; essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns. |
| Subject |
Japan. Rikugun -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Burma -- Drama.
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Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Foreign films.
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Feature films.
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War films -- Japan.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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War -- Feature.
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War films.
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| Added Author |
Ichikawa, Kon, 1915-
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Takeyama, Michio, 1903-1984.
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Wada, Natsuto, 1920-1983.
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Takagi, Masayuki, 1906-1978.
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Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-
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Yasui, Shōji, 1928-
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Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha.
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| Added Title |
BIRUMA NO TATEGOTO |
| ISBN |
6310850156 |
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1934121290 : $29.95 |
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9781934121290 |
| Standard No. |
715515022729 |
| Music # |
CC1685D Criterion Collection |
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