Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain ★★★ Nobi 1959
A grueling Japanese antiwar film about an unhinged private in the Philippines during WWII who roams the wartorn countryside encountering all manner of horror and devastation. In Japanese with English subtitles. 105m/B VHS, DVD . JP Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Custis, Asao Sano, Kyu Sazanka, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hikaru Hoshi, Yasushi Sugita, Masaya Tsukida, Mantaro Ushio; D: Kon Ichikawa; W: Natto Wada; C: Setsuo Kobayashi; M: Yashushi Akutagawa.
More From encyclopedia.com
Japanese giant salamander , Andrias japonicus (Japanese giant salamander) See CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE.
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) See CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE. Japanese Americans , JAPANESE AMERICANS have contributed significantly to the political strength, economic development, and social diversity of the United States. Like al… Japanese , Japanese (jăp´ənēz´), language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many sp… Asahara Shoko , Shoko Asahara (i.e., Asahara Shoko, Japanese cult leader): see AUM SHINRIKYO.
Asahara Shoko (Japanese cult leader): see AUM SHINRIKYO. Manchurian Incident , Manchurian Incident or Mukden Incident, 1931, confrontation that gave Japan the impetus to set up a puppet government in Manchuria. After the Russo-J… Juzo Itami , One of Japan's few filmmakers to achieve success both at home and abroad, Juzo Itami (1933-1997) made clever, farcical satires about the rituals of e…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Fires on the Plain