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Biruma no tategoto (1956)
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28 April 1967 (USA) morePlot:
In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Transformed more (29 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rentarô Mikuni | ... | Captain Inouye | |
| Shôji Yasui | ... | Mizushima | |
| Jun Hamamura | ... | Ito | |
| Taketoshi Naitô | ... | Kobayashi (as Takeo Naito) | |
| Shunji Kasuga | ... | Maki | |
| Kô Nishimura | ... | Baba (as Akira Nishimura) | |
| Keishichi Nakahara | ... | Takagi | |
| Toshiaki Ito | ... | Hashimoto | |
| Hiroshi Tsuchikata | ... | Okada | |
| Tomio Aoki | ... | Oyama | |
| Nobuteru Hanamura | ... | Nakamura | |
| Sanpei Mine | ... | Abe | |
| Takashi Koshiba | ... | Shimizu | |
| Tomoko Tonai | |||
| Tokuhei Miyahara | ... | Nagai |
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116 minCountry:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFun Stuff
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The film was originally slated to shoot in three-strip color, but director Kon Ichikawa worried that the huge camera might break down on location and he would not be able to have it fixed, so he shot in black-and-white. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: The 'British' officer in charge of the funerary cremation repository speaks with a decidedly Australian, not British, accent. moreQuotes:
Subtitles: [Last lines] The soil of Burma is red, and so are its rocks! moreSoundtrack:
Hanyuu no Yado moreFAQ
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Very poignant anti-war statement, supported with passionate music and photography. A Japanese POW at the end of the war is separated from his comrades when he tries to coax some hold-outs to surrender. After disastrous results, he disguises as a Buddhist monk and is considered dead, wandering the countryside and continually confronted with the truly dead. His friends suspect he has survived and are disconsolate unless reunited with him. But before he can rejoin them, his journey gradually and painfully transforms him. He has a new mission and a new identity, his spiritual garb no longer a mere disguise.