Fires on the Plain
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Originally produced as motion picture in 1959.
Based on: Nobi / Sh-ohei -Ooka.
Released as part of the "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films."
"...features a pristine digital transfer of the film in its original language, as well as English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing."--Criterion website.
Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa.
In the most powerful of all Japanese anti-war films, acts of cannibalism bring home the terrifying brutality of war. Japanese troops are in retreat in the Philippines. Supplies run out and discipline crumbles.
DVD ; 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Contents: Nobi.
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SERIES
Nobi (Motion picture)
Essential art house
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Japanese language soundtrack with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[New York] : Criterion Collection [distributor], c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
-Ooka, Sh-ohei, 1909- .
Funakoshi, Eiji.
Takizawa, Osamu.
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Janus Films.
SUBJECTS
War films.
Feature films.
Japanese language materials.