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New Factory-Sealed LD's Fires on the Plain Rare NEW Criterion LaserDisc #276 Ushio Hamaguchi War Drama

Fires on the Plain Rare NEW Criterion LaserDisc #276 Ushio Hamaguchi War Drama

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Fires on the Plain Rare NEW Criterion LaserDisc #276 Ushio Hamaguchi War Drama

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Fires on the Plain

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1428L )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Japanese with English Subtitles
Liner note by Terrence Rafferty
Original Theatrical Trailer
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Fires on the Plain
1959 - 105 min. - Black and White
Genre: War
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Director Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of Shohei Ooka's gruesome antiwar novel NOBI is a disturbingly bleak vision of war as the descent of men to the level of beasts. Set on the Philippine island of Leyte in 1945 as the fragmentary remains of the Japanese army engage in a swift retreat from advancing Allied forces, the film stars Eiji Funakoshi as Tamura, a tubercular Japanese soldier struggling to survive. Denied a billet by his squad or a bed by the hospital because of his lack of a food ration, he wanders the island plain, like many of his comrades, foraging desperately for food. At an empty village where wild dogs roam the streets, he opens a church door that disgorges a river of corpses. After killing one of the wild dogs that roams the streets feasting on the carnage, the soldier meets a couple that has returned to the area to recover a cache of salt, a precious commodity. When the woman begins screaming insanely at him, Tamura panics and shoots her, continuing to fire wildly at her fleeing husband while seizing the sackful of salt. Tamura then heads into a wooded area where even greater horror awaits. Funakoshi gives a hauntingly brilliant performance in a film whose relentless depiction of the effects of war is only occasionally relieved by Ichikawa's characteristic black humor.

Cast for Fires on the Plain

Mantaro Ushio
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Eiji Funakoshi
Osamu  Takizawa

Crew for Fires on the Plain

Kon Ichikawa - Director
Natto Wada - Screenwriter

Feature Details

Title: Fires on the Plain
Feature Release Date: 1959
Genre: War
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 105 Minutes
Chapters: 24
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 22 Nov 1995
Catalog Number: CC1428L
UPC: 0715515006972
ISBN: 1559406720
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: Japanese
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1428L-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Factory-Sealed, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint Condition

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi and Mantaro Ushio in...

Fires on the Plain

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1428L )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Japanese with English Subtitles
Liner note by Terrence Rafferty
Original Theatrical Trailer
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

Fires on the Plain
1959 - 105 min. - Black and White
Genre: War
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Director Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of Shohei Ooka's gruesome antiwar novel NOBI is a disturbingly bleak vision of war as the descent of men to the level of beasts. Set on the Philippine island of Leyte in 1945 as the fragmentary remains of the Japanese army engage in a swift retreat from advancing Allied forces, the film stars Eiji Funakoshi as Tamura, a tubercular Japanese soldier struggling to survive. Denied a billet by his squad or a bed by the hospital because of his lack of a food ration, he wanders the island plain, like many of his comrades, foraging desperately for food. At an empty village where wild dogs roam the streets, he opens a church door that disgorges a river of corpses. After killing one of the wild dogs that roams the streets feasting on the carnage, the soldier meets a couple that has returned to the area to recover a cache of salt, a precious commodity. When the woman begins screaming insanely at him, Tamura panics and shoots her, continuing to fire wildly at her fleeing husband while seizing the sackful of salt. Tamura then heads into a wooded area where even greater horror awaits. Funakoshi gives a hauntingly brilliant performance in a film whose relentless depiction of the effects of war is only occasionally relieved by Ichikawa's characteristic black humor.

Cast for Fires on the Plain

Mantaro Ushio
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Eiji Funakoshi
Osamu  Takizawa

Crew for Fires on the Plain

Kon Ichikawa - Director
Natto Wada - Screenwriter

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