Fires on the Plain

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At the end of World War II, Private Tamura, a Japanese soldier suffering from tuberculosis, is cast out by his squad and left to fend for himself in the Filipino jungle. Facing starvation and illness, he journeys through a desolate landscape populated by desperate comrades. As his sanity frays, Tamura is forced to confront the ultimate taboo of cannibalism to survive the brutal realities of war.

War  Drama

Directed by

Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Starring

Shinya Tsukamoto, Yusaku Mori, Yuko Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakamura, Lily Franky