Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Harp of Burma / Season of the Sun

Overview

This collection contains two animated shorts based on novels by celebrated Japanese authors Michio Takeyama and Ishihara Shintaro. In "The Harp of Burma," the friends of a missing WWII soldier try to find out what happened. They soon come across a mysterious monk who indicates he may hold the key to the mystery. "Season of the Sun" finds a boxer and his girlfriend struggling to make their relationship work in late-1940s Japan.