# Japanese film about burying war dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-film-about-burying-war-dead/845169 "2019-12-21T01:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-film-about-burying-war-dead/845169/1 "2019-12-21T01:37:12Z")
Not having any luck with google because my memories are too vague. A lone aged man spends his time burying or in some other way memorializing the Japanese dead of WWII. Lots of scenes of him walking along rocky beaches. It was rather famous, and moving. I can’t remember anything else! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-film-about-burying-war-dead/845169/2 "2019-12-21T02:03:11Z")
Purple sunset maybe? Lots of flashbacks from an old soldier memorializing . ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-film-about-burying-war-dead/845169/3 "2019-12-21T02:29:15Z")
that’s not it, though it looks interesting. I felt sure it was Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-film-about-burying-war-dead/845169/4 "2019-12-21T03:19:30Z")
> **[The Burmese Harp (1956 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burmese_Harp_(1956_film))** > > The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴, Biruma no Tategoto, a.k.a. Harp of Burma) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. Based on a children's novel of the same name written by Michio Takeyama, it tells the story of Japanese soldiers who fought in the Burma Campaign during World War II. A member of the group goes missing after the war, and the soldiers hope to uncover whether their friend survived, and if he is the same person as a Buddhist monk they see playing a harp. The film was among th... ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-film-about-burying-war-dead/845169/5 "2019-12-21T04:55:47Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > [The Burmese Harp (1956 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burmese_Harp_(1956_film)) [Here](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049012/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) is the IMDB link to that film. The description is brief but there is a viewer review further down that makes this sound like the film you are remembering. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-film-about-burying-war-dead/845169/6 "2019-12-21T05:19:39Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > [The Burmese Harp (1956 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burmese_Harp_(1956_film)) Link fixed: [The Burmese Harp (1956 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burmese_Harp_(1956_film)) SDMB &^%$! always puts the close-parentheses on the wrong side of the URL link.