Fires on the Plain
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.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Introduction by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie
- Interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Mickey Curtis
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Chuck Stephens
New cover by Michael Boland
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Introduction by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie
- Interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Mickey Curtis
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Chuck Stephens
New cover by Michael Boland
Cast
- Eiji Funakoshi
- Tamura
- Osamu Takizawa
- Yasuda
- Mickey Curtis
- Nagamatsu
Credits
- Director
- Kon Ichikawa
- Producer
- Masaichi Nagata
- Original story
- Shohei Ooka
- Screenplay
- Natto Wada
- Cinematography
- Setsuo Kobayashi
- Editing
- Tatsuji Nakashizu
- Production design
- Tokuji Shibata
- Music
- Yasushi Akutagawa
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