Fires on the plain = Nobi

Fires on the plain Nobi

野火 /

DVD - 2007

"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"--Container.

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Subjects
Japan. > Rikugun > Drama.
Soldiers > Japan > Drama.
Tuberculosis > Patients > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Cannibalism > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Philippines > Leyte Island > Drama.
Philippines > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 > Drama.
Feature films.
War films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
War films
Historical films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection [2007]
Language
Japanese
English
Corporate Author
Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha (1945-1971), 大映株式会社 (1945-1971)
Corporate Author
Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha (1945-1971), 大映株式会社 (1945-1971) (production company)
Other Authors
Kon Ichikawa, 1915-2008 (film director), Natsuto Wada, 1920-1983 (screenwriter), Masaichi Nagata, 1906-1985 (film producer), Eiji Funakoshi (actor), Osamu Takizawa, 1906-2000 (-), Mickey Curtis, 1938-, Hikaru Hoshi, 1907-, Mantaro Ushio, Masaya Tsukida, Ko Sukida, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 1926-2011, Asao Sano, 1925-, Shin Date, Yoshio Inaba, 1920-1998, Jun Hamamura, 1906-1995, Shōhei Ōoka, 1909-1988
Item Description
English credits from English subtitles.
Based on the novel: Nobi / by Shōhei Ōoka.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label.
Special features (33 min.): introduction by film scholar Donald Richie (2006, 12 min.); interview with Ichikawa & Curtis (2005-2006, 21 min.); color bars.
Booklet includes an essay by Chuck Stephens ("Both ends burning").
Physical Description
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.
Awards
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Director; Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor (Funakoshi) and Best Screenplay; Golden Sail Award, Locarno International Film Festival; Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Actor (Funakoshi).
Production Credits
Cinematography, Setsuo Kobayashi ; music, Yasushi Akutagawa.
ISBN
9781934121283
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

A Japanese regiment lays down its arms in Burma at the end of World War II, but a harp-playing private who's been traumatized by combat becomes a Buddhist monk and stays behind to bury the dead. With its mellifluous score, Kon Ichikawa's antiwar film poignantly shows the salutary effect of music on defeated soldiers. The director revisits the war with the jointly released Fires on the Plain (ISBN 1-934121-28-2. $29.95) about one soldier's plunge into degradation after being refused medical aid. Both titles are recommended for most collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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