Review of Fires on the Plain (2015) by 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.
This review of Fires on the Plain (2015) was written by Lee B on 17 Oct 2009.
Fires on the Plain has generally received positive reviews.
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