Fires on the Plain

Kon Ichikawa, 1959

Spine #378

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Drama / War

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Written by Natto Wada

Cinematography Setsuo Kobayashi

Edited by Tatsuji Nakashizu

Cast Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarō Ushio, Kyū Sazanka, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hikaru Hoshi, Masaya Tsukida

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Roger & James Deakins other

“He did two of my favorite movies: Fires on the Plain and he did another film called Burmese Harp, both set in the World War II. It's so interesting that he made those two films and then he made Tokyo Olympiad which is one of the best documentaries about sport ever made.”

Roger & James Deakins