Biruma no tategoto (1956) YTS - Download Yify Movie

Reviewed by dave s 7 / 10

Once you get over the fact that it's

Once you get over the fact that it's poor military strategy to be singing choral music while trying to escape from the enemy (like, why tell them where you are?) in the jungles of Burma and then get over the additional hurdle of why a soldier would be waltzing around the battlefield with a harp, which seems to be unnecessary additional baggage, Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp is uniquely effective in demonstrating the horrible impact of war without actually showing much in the way of battle scenes. Filled with beautifully stark black and white images, it is a quiet and meditative story of friendship and loyalty that, despite its flaws in logic, packs a pretty decent punch.

Reviewed by Michael R 10 / 10

This is, simply, the most beautiful movie I

This is, simply, the most beautiful movie I have ever seen.

Reviewed by William L 7 / 10

The Burmese Harp is pretty good, but it

The Burmese Harp is pretty good, but it doesn't seem to live up to the high praise that is continuously heaped upon it. There is plenty of thoughtfulness put into Ichikawa's take on the Japanese soldier's experience in WWII (one of the first to be sympathetic), including reflections on the hyperpatriotic, self-destructive stance of Japanese nationalism and the unnecessary toll caused by the conflict. But at the same time, the film never touches on the suffering of the Burmese or the Japanese role in the conflict there (later condemned as war crimes) in much the same way that many American portrayals of Vietnam focus on the toll on their own soldiers almost exclusively. Additionally, sentimentality is everywhere; such as the use of parrots to communicate with a hopefully miraculously living comrade, or the early scene in which the Japanese forces learn of the end of the conflict after British and Indian troops literally join them in song as they walk into their camp. There is a touching camaraderie between Yasui's Mizshima and his estranged unit, the film doesn't shy away from the horrors of war without showing them explicitly, and the humanism is clear throughout the runtime, but The Burmese Harp is held back by its less realistic, wistful narrative elements. (3.5/5)

Biruma no tategoto

1956 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama / Music / War

Biruma no tategoto

1956 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama / Music / War

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Once you get over the fact that it's

This is, simply, the most beautiful movie I

The Burmese Harp is pretty good, but it

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