Fires on the Plain (Kon Ichikawa) Criterion R1 DVD

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R1 DVD (Vaatii aluevapaan soittimen)

Fires on the Plain AKA Nobi (1959)  

 
In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.
Director: Kon Ichikawa 

• R1 America - Criterion Collection
  #378

  • Extras:

    Video introduction by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie (12:20) 
    Interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Mickey Curtis (20:29)

  • Subtitles:

    English HoH, Japanese (burned-in for non-Japanese portions)

  • Aspect Ratio:

    2.35:1

  • Picture Format:

    Anamorphic

  • TV System:

    NTSC

  • Soundtrack(s):

    Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0

  • Case type:

    Keep Case

  • Notes:

    Includes a booklet with an essay by film critic Chuck Stephens. 
    The interviews with Donald Richie and Mickey Curtis are in English. The interview with Kon Ichikawa is in Japanese with optional English subtitles.