Fires on the Plain
Summary:
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... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Eiji Funakoshi - (Tamura)
Mantaro Ushio - (Sergeant)
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi - (Officer)
Osamu Takizawa - (Yasuda)
Mickey Curtis - (Nagamatsu)
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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 c... Continue >>
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