Takagi, Masayuki 1906-1978 Wada, Natsuto 1920-1983 Ichikawa, Kon 1915-2008 Mikuni, Rentaråo 1923- Yasui, Shåoji 1928- Hamamura, Jun 1906-1995 Naito, Taketoshi. Nishimura, Akira. Kasuga, Shunji 1921- Kitabayashi, Tanie 1911- Mihashi, Tatsuya 1923-2004 Ito, Yunosuke. Ifukube, Akira 1914-2006 Rayns, Tony. Janus Films Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Criterion Collection (Firm) moving image videorecording Anti-war films. War films. Historical films. Fiction films. Feature films. Feature films-Japan. War-Feature. War films. nyu Irvington, N.Y.] Criterion Collection c2007 2007 Standard format (1.33:1). monographic jpn bur eng eng bur

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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) "An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close World War II and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment disguising himself as a Buddhist monk ... An eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death [that] remains one of Japanese cinema's most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan's wartime legacy" -- Container. Battalion song -- "All clear" -- Unexpected reception -- "Home, Sweet Home" -- Mizushima's mission -- Thirty minutes -- MIA -- Priest -- "Burma is the Buddha's country" -- Burning the dead -- Poor souls -- "I know now. . ." -- Burmese ruby -- "That's how Mizushima played it" -- Parrot speaks -- White box -- Inside the Buddha -- Old woman honors a request -- Song of farewell -- Other parrot -- Returning home -- "My captain and brothers at arms" -- Penitent wanderer always. general [Janus Films ; Nikkatsu Corp. ; produced by Masayuki Takagi ; original story, Michio Takeyama ; screenplay, Natto Wada ; directed by Kon Ichikawa]. English credits from subtitles. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956. Special features (in Japanese with English subtitles, 32 min.): Kon Ichikawa interview (2005, 16 min.); Rentaro Mikuni interview (2006, 12 min.); original theatrical trailer (4 min.); color bars. Booklet includes an essay by Tony Rayns ("Unknown soldiers"). Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naito, Ko Nishimura, Shunji Kasuga, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yunosuke Ito. DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono. In Japanese & Burmese, with optional English subtitles. Cinematography, Minoru Yokoyama ; edited by Masanori Tsujii ; music, Akira Ifukube. 1956 Venice Film Festival San Giorgio Prize winner--Kon Ichikawa, OCIC Award-Honorable Mention--Kon Ichikawa. a-ja--- a-br--- Japan. Rikugun Drama Military deserters Burma Drama Buddhist monks Burma Drama World War, 1939-1945 Burma Drama Burma History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 Drama Japan. Rikugun Drama World War, 1939-1945 Burma Drama Burma History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 Drama Japanese language materials Videorecordings Burmese language materials Videorecordings Cine Japonés (inglés) CM DVD 01215 791.43/72 Takeyama, Michio, 1903-1984 1934121290 9781934121290 CC1685D Criterion Collection 715515022729 TEFMT 070201 20230410123857.0 83552