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Harp of Burma. Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett

Near the end of World War II, the Japanese are facing defeat in Burma at the hands of the British Army. After Corporal Mizushima's unit surrenders he attempts to persuade other holdouts also to surrender without a struggle, now that the war is coming to an end. They refuse and in the final battle Mizushima is injured and rescued by a Buddhist monk. Thus begins a spiritual journey for Mizushima which ends with him adopting the robes of a monk and travelling the countryside, cremating and burying the war dead.

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  • "Birumano tategoto"
  • "Harp of Burma"

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  • "Near the end of World War II, the Japanese are facing defeat in Burma at the hands of the British Army. After Corporal Mizushima's unit surrenders he attempts to persuade other holdouts also to surrender without a struggle, now that the war is coming to an end. They refuse and in the final battle Mizushima is injured and rescued by a Buddhist monk. Thus begins a spiritual journey for Mizushima which ends with him adopting the robes of a monk and travelling the countryside, cremating and burying the war dead."@en
  • "Near the end of World War II, the Japanese are facing defeat in Burma at the hands of the British Army. After Corporal Mizushima's unit surrenders he attempts to persuade other holdouts also to surrender without a struggle, now that the war is coming to an end. They refuse and in the final battle Mizushima is injured and rescued by a Buddhist monk. Thus begins a spiritual journey for Mizushima which ends with him adopting the robes of a monk and travelling the countryside, cremating and burying the war dead."
  • "Winner of the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize, and the subject of an acclaimed film by Ichikawa Kon, Harp of Burma is the story of a company of Japanese soldiers who are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the jungles of Burma during World War II. In the midst of overwhelming challenges they discover the power of music to make even the toughest situations tolerable, and though they face inevitable defeat, singing the songs of their homeland revives their will to live."@en
  • "Juillet 1945, la défaite de l'armée impériale du Japon est proche. En Birmanie, la division du capitaine Inoue, talonnée par les Anglais, cherche à gagner le Siam. Le soldat Mizushima réconforte ses camarades et sert d'éclaireur en jouant de la harpe birmane. La section est capturée par les Anglais au moment de la capitulation du Japon. Mizushima est envoyé vers le dernier bastion qui se bat."
  • "Novel based on the experiences of a group of Japanese soldiers in Burma in the final days of World War II."
  • "Adaptation of the novel about a Japanese soldier who is sent to the Burmese theater during World War II, becomes a Buddhist monk after the war, and decides to remain behind to care for the souls of dead soldiers."

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  • "History"
  • "Comic books, strips, etc"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Translations"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Japanese fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Novela histórica"
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Eleberri historikoa"

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  • "Harp of Burma. Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett"@en
  • "ビルマの竪琴 : 総集篇全十六卷"
  • "ビルマの堅琴"
  • "Birmaniako harpa"
  • "Cây đàn Mié̂n Điện"
  • "ビルマの竪琴"
  • "Harā totā"
  • "El Arpa birmana"
  • "Harā totā : Jāpāna ke mahān racanākāra Miciyo Tākiyāmā kī klāsika gāthā 'Harp of Burma' kā avikala Hindī anuvāda"
  • "Buruma vīṇāva"
  • "The Harp of Burma"
  • "La harpe de Birmanie roman"
  • "The harp of Burma"
  • "The harp of Burma"@en
  • "El arpa birmana"@es
  • "La harpe de Birmanie"
  • "Cay dan Mien Dien"
  • "[Biruma no tategoto]"
  • "Phin Phamā"
  • "Biruma no tategoto"
  • "Biruma no tategoto"@ja
  • "ビルマの竪琴 : コミック版"
  • "Mranʻ māʹ coṅʻʺ = Birumano tategoto"
  • "Harp of burma"
  • "Harp of Burma"@en
  • "Harp of Burma"
  • "Mranʻ māʹ coṅʻʺ"
  • "Biruma no Tategoto"
  • "Harp of Burma : Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett"
  • "Biruma no tategoto : sōshūhen zen jūrokkan"@ja
  • "Biruma no tategoto : sōshūhen zen jūrokkan"
  • "Biruma no tategoto : Komikkuban"@ja
  • "La harpe de Birmanie : roman"
  • "Harp of Burma / Michio Takeyama ; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett"@en

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