Movie

Fires on the Plain

1959 · 105 min

A harrowing, slow descent into moral ruin, shot with stark black-and-white imagery that lingers long after the film ends.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, war, death, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
war
death
isolation
morality
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none