Fires on the Plain (Nobi) (1959)

8.2	Listal rating
7.8	IMDB rating

Directed by

Kon Ichikawa

Starring (View all)

Eiji Funakoshi

Tamura

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuda

Mickey Curtis

Nagamatsu

Mantarô Ushio

Sergeant

Kyû Sazanka

Army surgeon

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Officer

Asao Sano

Soldier

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

Written by

Shohei Ooka

novel

Natto Wada

writer

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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, and one of the most powerful works from one of Japanese cinema’s most versatile filmmakers.

Release date : 25 July 1962

Cannibalism (3), Japan (3), Mash (2), Malnutrition (2), 1950s (2), Drama (2), Village (2), Tank (2), Squatter (2), 104 Min. (1), Sweet Potato (1), Foreign (1), B&w (1), Diarrhea (1), World War II (1), East Asia (1), Massacre (1), Japanese (1), Salt (1), Based On Novel (1)

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