The Burmese Harp

1956 · 117 min · Original language: Japanese

TMDB 7.8/10 · 177 votes

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

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