3 Movies Starring Eiji Funakoshi

Fires on the Plain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-11-03

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(2996 Reviews)

Director:

Kon Ichikawa

Genres:

Drama War

Cast:

Eiji Funakoshi Osamu Takizawa Mickey Curtis Mantarè Ushio

Writer:

Shohei Ooka (novel)

Natto Wada

Fullplot:

It is the Philipines, 1945. The Japanese Imperial Army has been reduced to a ragtag mob hiding in the jungles. Among them is Pvt. Tamura. The situation goes from bad to worse and in the face of the brutal conditions facing the men, some go insane and resort to murder and cannibalism. In the midst of this, Pvt. Tamura tries to survive without giving up his principles.

An Actor's Revenge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-06-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (1205 Reviews)

Director:

Kon Ichikawa

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Kazuo Hasegawa Fujiko Yamamoto Ayako Wakao Eiji Funakoshi

Writer:

Daisuke Itè (adaptation)

Teinosuke Kinugasa (adapt)

Otokichi Mikami (newspaper serial)

Natto Wada (screenplay)

Fullplot:

While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge, firstly by seducing the daughter of one of them, secondly by ruining them...