¡°Harp of Burma¡± was published in Japan in 1946, but it would be 20 years before Michio Takeyama¡¯s story of Japanese soldiers stranded in Burma after the close of World War II was translated into English. In fact, Kon Ichikawa got there first in 1956, with his stark cinematic adaptation, ¡°Biruma no Tategoto¡°...