Fires on the Plain (1959) 4K (Criterion Collection)

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Criterion will be releasing Kon Ichikawa's Fires on the Plain on 4K in August! The Burmese Harp is also coming the same month.

Fires on the Plain 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/347-fires-on-the-plain

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Introduction by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie
• Program featuring interviews with director Kon Ichikawa and actor Mickey Curtis
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by critic Chuck Stephens

Cover by Michael Boland

An agonizing portrait of desperate Japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during World War II, Kon Ichikawa’s Fires on the Plain is a compelling descent into psychological and physical oblivion. 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. Grisly yet poetic, Fires on the Plain is one of the most powerful works from one of Japanese cinema’s most versatile filmmakers.