- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- New video introduction by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie
- New video interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Mickey Curtis
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Booklet with a new essay by film critic Chuck Stephens
Fires On The Plain (1959) On DVD
Actor : Eiji Funakoshi, Mantarô Ushio, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Genre: Foreign Video - Japanese
Year: 1959
Studio: Criterion
Length: 108
Released: March 13, 2007
Rating: Unrated (Video)
Format: DVD
Misc: Black & White
Language:Japanese
Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
An agonizing portrait of desperate Japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during World War II and the lengths they go to survive, 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 Filipino landscape, encountering an increasingly debased cross-section of Imperial Army soldiers. Grisly yet poetic, Fires on the Plain is one of the most powerful works from one of Japanese cinema’s most versatile filmmakers.
Special Features
Actor : Eiji Funakoshi, Mantarô Ushio, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Genre: Foreign Video - Japanese
Year: 1959
Studio: Criterion
Length: 108
Released: March 13, 2007
Rating: Unrated (Video)
Format: DVD
Misc: Black & White
Language:Japanese
Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
An agonizing portrait of desperate Japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during World War II and the lengths they go to survive, 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 Filipino landscape, encountering an increasingly debased cross-section of Imperial Army soldiers. Grisly yet poetic, Fires on the Plain is one of the most powerful works from one of Japanese cinema’s most versatile filmmakers.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- New video introduction by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie
- New video interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Mickey Curtis
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Booklet with a new essay by film critic Chuck Stephens
Product Name | Fires On The Plain (1959) On DVD |
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This item is returnable | No |