Film · 2015

Fires on the Plain

Name: Fires on the Plain
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 2015-07-25
Rating: 6.3

87 min · Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto

War Drama

6.340
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In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.

Cast

Shinya Tsukamoto

Tamura

Tatsuya Nakamura

Corporal

Lily Franky

Yasuda

Yuko Nakamura

Tamura's Wife

Yusaku Mori

Nagamatsu

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Dean Newcombe

American Soldier

Masato Tsujioka

H

Hiroshi Suzuki

Crew

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Producer: Shinya Tsukamoto
Writer: Shohei Ooka, Shinya Tsukamoto
Editor: Shinya Tsukamoto
Cinematography: Shinya Tsukamoto, Satoshi Hayashi
Composer: Chu Ishikawa
Sound: Masaya Kitada
Costume: Hitomi Okabe

Details

Studios: Kaijyu Theater
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese, Tagalog
Release: July 25, 2015

Themes

world war iiphilippinespacific warremakecannibalstruggle for survivaljapanese army1940s

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