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Fires on the Plain (1959)

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.

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Lee B 17 Oct 2009

Few films are this depressing, but that also means it's depressing-good, meaning great. Ichikawa's film makes Stone's Platoon look like chicken feed. There's barely another film I can think of that shows a soldier's devastating trek through war this shockingly. Human Condition is still the best Japanese war film (trilogy), but this is right up there. By the end, the protagonist Tamura simply wants to go to the farmers on the other side of the hill, just to see "normal people" again. It's a statement about war you can never shrug off.

Nishlank J 08 Oct 2010

The movie is great because it not only showcases the brutality of a war upon its 'partcipants' but more importantly it is different because it is very cultural in a sense that we are shown various elements of Japansese/Asian attitudes towards war situations, for example, surrender, salt, companionship, etc. The performaces of the main character is haunting and captivating; well matched by other characters in the movie. It is a shame that such movies aren't made anymore and I'd like to be given a chance to see it in a cinema.

Zhanyi J 11 Nov 2010

A harrowing and depressing statement of the human condition during wartime on the losing side. A Japanese soldier named Tamura diagnosed with TB is not wanted by his unit and will not be admitted to the hospital. He begins to wander through the Philippine landscape. He meets up with a variety of soldiers on his journey, experiences thoroughly appalling atrocities and is faced with terrible choices and decisions as well as getting involved in the personal war between Yasuda and Nagamatsu, two soldiers who were once loyal friends. This is one of the most disturbing portraits of war put to the screen. Never overstated, meticulously observed by a terrific director and with a dedicated performance from Eiji Funakoshi, Fires on the Plain is harsh viewing, but truly outstanding.

Sean Axmaker 25 Apr 2007

... a grim and gruesome and at times macabre autopsy of its (selectively Japanese) victims.

Jeremiah L 12 Nov 2007

I wish I hadn't waited so long after Burmese Harp to watch this. These two anti-war films are beautiful, haunting companions.