FIRES ON THE PLAIN

NOBI

By Shinya TSUKAMOTO

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Historical - Completed 2015

Live adaption of Ooka Shohei‘s same-named seminal novel about war, produced after two decades in germination. Although an indie film with Tetsuo: The Iron Man director Tsukamoto Shinya handling six roles including director, lead actor and cinematographer.

    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Historical, Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 87 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Shinya TSUKAMOTO
    • Synopsis
    • In the final stages of WWII, the occupying Japanese army in the Philippines is rapidly losing ground, facing local resistance combined with an American offensive. The final few Japanese survivors, having almost been wiped out, have crossed the threshold into a realm where there are no friends, no enemies and no God.