The first blast of Kon Ichikawa's double-barreled anti-war attack. Where Fires on the Plain (1959) was to take the carnal approach (with its literal and metaphorical cannibalism), this one takes the spiritual, with its penitent Japanese infantryman voluntarily leaving the world of the living and joining that of the dead -- as their burier and full-time mourner. Luscious and lyrical black-and-white photography, and a deep appreciation of the cathartic power of music. (1956) — Duncan Shepherd
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