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Nobi [videorecording] / Daiei Studios ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Natto Wada ; directed by Kon Ichikawa.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1662D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 378.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.Edition: Widescreen format (2.35:1)Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (17 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1934121282
  • 9781934121283
Other title:
  • Title from English subtitles: Fires on the plain
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 01218
Production credits:
  • Cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi ; music by Yasushi Akutagawa.
Awards:
  • Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Director; Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor (Funakoshi) and Best Screenplay; Golden Sail Award, Locarno International Film Festival; Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Actor (Funakoshi).
Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Hikaru Hoshi, Mantaro Ushio, Masaya Tsukida, Ko Sukida, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Asao Sano, Shin Date, Yoshio Inaba, Jun Hamamura.Summary: "Denied hospital treatment for tuberculosis and cast off into the unknown, Private Tamura treks across an unfamiliar Philippine landscape, encountering an increasingly debased cross section of Imperial Army soldiers, who eventually give in to the most terrifying craving of all" -- Container.
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CM DVD 01215 Biruma no tategoto CM DVD 01216 Ghosts of Abu Ghraib CM DVD 01217 Othello CM DVD 01218 Nobi CM DVD 01219 Tengoku to jigoku CM DVD 01220 Entreatos Lula a 30 dias do poder / CM DVD 01221 La Chine, Chung Kuo /

DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Hikaru Hoshi, Mantaro Ushio, Masaya Tsukida, Ko Sukida, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Asao Sano, Shin Date, Yoshio Inaba, Jun Hamamura.

Cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi ; music by Yasushi Akutagawa.

English credits from English subtitles.

Based on the novel: Nobi / by Shōhei Ōoka.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.

"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions" -- Disc label.

Special features (33 min.): introduction by film scholar Donald Richie (2006, 12 min.); interview with Ichikawa & Curtis (2005-2006, 21 min.); color bars.

Booklet includes an essay by Chuck Stephens ("Both ends burning").

"Denied hospital treatment for tuberculosis and cast off into the unknown, Private Tamura treks across an unfamiliar Philippine landscape, encountering an increasingly debased cross section of Imperial Army soldiers, who eventually give in to the most terrifying craving of all" -- Container.

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Director; Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor (Funakoshi) and Best Screenplay; Golden Sail Award, Locarno International Film Festival; Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Actor (Funakoshi).

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