Fires on the Plain Movie Review 1959

A grueling Japanese antiwar film about an unhinged private in the Philippines during WWII who roams the war-torn countryside encountering all manner of horror and devastation. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Discount Video Tapes, Inc./Hollywood's Attic, PO Box 7122, Burbank, CA 91510, Phone: (818)843-3366, Toll-free: 800-253-9612, Fax: (818)843-3821, Email: wwwjr@hollywoodsattic.com, URL: http://www.hollywoodsattic.com/blackart.htm

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II, Anti-War War Movies

Screenplay

Natto Wada

Cast

Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Custis, Asao Sano, Kyu Sazanka, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hikaru Hoshi, Yasushi Sugita, Masaya Tsukida, Mantaro Ushio

Cinematography

Setsuo Kobayashi

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Music

Yashushi Akutagawa

Producer

Masaichi Nagata