Fires on the plain [videorecording] / a Kon Ichikawa film ; Daiei Studios ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; directed by Kon Ichikawa ; screenplay by Natto Wada ; photography by Setsuo Kobayashi.

In the most powerful of all Japanese anti-war films, acts of cannibalism bring home the terrifying brutality of war. Japanese troops are in retreat in the Philippines. Supplies run out and discipline crumbles.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films
Other Authors: Curtis, Micky (Actor), Funakoshi, Eiji (Actor), Ichikawa, Kon, 1915-2008 (Director), Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985 (Producer), Ōoka, Shōhei, 1909-1988, Takizawa, Osamu, 1906-2000 (Actor), Wada, Natsuto, 1920-1983 (Screenwriter)
Other title:Nobi (Motion picture)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
English
Published: Irvington, New York : Criterion Collection [Distributor], ©2007.
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Criterion collection ; 378.
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