Movie Description:
An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close ofWorld War II and finds harmonythrough song. A private,thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. Magnificently shot inhushed black and white, THEBURMESE HARP is an eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death and remains one of Japanese cinema`s most overwhelming antiwar statements, bothtender and brutal in its grappling with Japan`s wartime legacy.