TY - ADVS AU - Nagata,Masaichi AU - Wada,Natsuto AU - Ichikawa,Kon AU - Funakoshi,Eiji AU - Takizawa,Osamu AU - Curtis,Mickey AU - Akutagawa,Yasushi AU - Ōoka,Shōhei AU - Richie,Donald AU - Stephens,Chuck ED - Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha. ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) TI - Nobi T2 - Criterion collection SN - 1934121282 AV - CM DVD 01218 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2007/// CY - [Irvington, N.Y.] PB - Criterion Collection KW - Japan KW - Rikugun KW - Drama KW - Soldiers KW - Murder KW - Cannibalism KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Philippines KW - Leyte Island KW - Cine Japonés (inglés) KW - History KW - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 KW - War films KW - Historical films KW - Fiction films KW - Feature films KW - Film adaptations KW - Foreign films KW - War KW - Feature KW - migfg KW - gsafd KW - Videorecording KW - local N1 - 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"); Cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi ; music by Yasushi Akutagawa; Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Hikaru Hoshi, Mantaro Ushio, Masaya Tsukida, Ko Sukida, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Asao Sano, Shin Date, Yoshio Inaba, Jun Hamamura N2 - "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 ER -