Fires On The Plain Dvd
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Collection: Criterion Collection
Format: DVD
Year: 1959
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Genre: War
Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis
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Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2007-03-13
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An agonizing portrait of desperate Japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during World War II, Kon Ichikawa's _Fires on the Plain_ is a compelling descent into psychological and physical oblivion. Denied hospital treatment for tuberculosis and cast off into the unknown, Private Tamura treks across an unfamiliar Philippine landscape, encountering an increasingly debased cross section of Imperial Army soldiers, who eventually give in to the most terrifying craving of all. Grisly yet poetic, _Fires on the Plain_ is one of the most powerful works from one of Japanese cinema’s most versatile filmmakers.