Fires on the Plain
2014 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 6.3 · 78% critics
In the final days of World War II in the Philippines, a group of occupying soldiers is cut off, starving, and surrounded by resistance and an advancing enemy. As supplies vanish, survival becomes a brutal test that pushes people toward desperate, horrifying choices.
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Details
- Original title
- 野火
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2015-07-25
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (41 votes)
About
If you want an unflinching, grim war survival story with shocking violence and a strong anti-war sting, this may hit hard; Not for you if you avoid gore, despair, or punishing intensity like Caterpillar.
Pros: relentless survival tension; anti-war message; unforgettable intensity | Cons: extreme gore; bleak, punishing tone; hard to follow faces
Themes
- world war ii
- philippines
- pacific war
- remake
- cannibal
- struggle for survival
- japanese army
- 1940s
Awards & recognition
- IFFR audience award · 2015 · nominated
Cast & crew
Shinya Tsukamoto
as Tamura
Tatsuya Nakamura
as Corporal
Lily Franky
as Yasuda
Yuko Nakamura
as Tamura's Wife
Yusaku Mori
as Nagamatsu
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Dean Newcombe
as American Soldier
Masato Tsujioka
- HS
Hiroshi Suzuki
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto