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Fires on the Plain

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Fires on the Plain
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NR,1hr 45min
Genres:
War,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1959
Director:
Kon Ichikawa
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Eiji Funakoshi, Mantaro Ushio, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi  ...more
Synopsis: Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of Shohei Ooka's novel Nobi takes place in the Philippines at the end of World War II. The Japanese army is in hasty retreat from the incoming American forces. The soldiers have also been warned that the Americans will take no live prisoners, and so their flight is all the more desperate. One group of men harbors a soldier named Tamura (Eiji Funakoshi) suffering from the last stages of tuberculosis. Knowing he is facing imminent death anyway, Tamura is able to resist submitting ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Few films have captured the horror and futility of war with the bleak power of Kon Ichikawa's Fires on the Plain. Near the end of World War II, as Japanese soldiers attempt to flee the Philippines before the arrival of invading American troops, soldier Tamura (Eiji Funakoshi) is perhaps the most damned of all men. Suffering from a severe case of tuberculosis, Tamura is unfit for duty, but the Japanese ... Full Review
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