Nobi  [videorecording] / 
Title from English subtitles:  Fires on the plain 
Daiei Studios ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Natto Wada ; directed by Kon Ichikawa. 
 - Widescreen format (2.35:1). 
, Japan. 
 - [Irvington, N.Y.] :  Criterion Collection,  c2007. 
 - 1 videodisc (104 min.) :  sd., b&w ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 booklet (17 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) 
 - Criterion collection ;  378 .
 - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;  378. .
<br/><br/> 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"). 
<br/><br/>Cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi ; music by Yasushi Akutagawa.  Cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi ; music by Yasushi Akutagawa. 
<br/><br/>Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Hikaru Hoshi, Mantaro Ushio, Masaya Tsukida, Ko Sukida, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Asao Sano, Shin Date, Yoshio Inaba, Jun Hamamura. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono. 
<br/><br/><br/>In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. 
<br/><br/> 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). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1934121282 9781934121283 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>715515022620 00715515022620 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>CC1662D  Criterion Collection 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Japan. Rikugun --Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Soldiers--Japan--Drama.<br/>Murder--Drama.<br/>Cannibalism--Drama.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Leyte Island--Drama.<br/>Cannibalism--Drama.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Drama.<br/>Cine Japonés (inglés)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Philippines--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>War films.<br/>Historical films.<br/>Fiction films.<br/>Feature films.<br/>Feature films--Japan.<br/>Film adaptations.<br/>Foreign films.<br/>War--Feature.<br/>Feature films.<br/>War films.<br/>Videorecording.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 01218 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72