The Burmese Harp
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. — Ernest Hemingway
Finished watching The Burmese Harp (Biruma no tategoto) last night. Moving story of a Japanese soldier in Burma at the end of World War Two & the events that lead him to become a priest. During an early scene in the movie we see he is a sensitive man. In his last words to his comrades returning to Japan he states that he has…