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

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.