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<i>The Burmese Harp</i> (1985 film)

The Burmese Harp (1985 film)

1985 Japanese film

The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴, Biruma no Tategoto), also known as Harp of Burma, is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is a color remake of the 1956 black-and-white The Burmese Harp, which was also directed by Ichikawa.[1][2]

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Reception

The Burmese Harp was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1985, earning ¥2.95 billion in distribution income.[3] With an audience of 3.87 million people, it was then the second largest Japanese box office hit.[4] The film grossed a total of ¥5.9 billion or $29,000,000 (equivalent to $82,000,000 in 2023) in Japan.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "ビルマの竪琴". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "ビルマの竪琴". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1985-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  4. [4]
    Philip A. Seaton, Japan's Contested War Memories: The 'Memory Rifts' in Historical Consciousness of World War II, London and New York: Routledge, 2007, p. 141.
  5. [5]
    "The Burmese Harp". Toho Kingdom. Retrieved 23 May 2020.


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