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Fires on the Plain is a 2014 Japanese war film written, produced, directed, edited, co-photographed by and starring Shinya Tsukamoto. The film is based on the 1951 anti-war novel Fires on the Plain, which was a semi-autobiographical work loosely based on author Shōhei Ōoka's experience in World War II. The novel was previously adapted in the 1959 film Fires on the Plain by Kon Ichikawa. The film premiered at the…
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Creating a film about World War II from the Japanese perspective presents a challenge. Especially when the film is produced in 1959, barely a decade after the war ended. As the aggressor in World War II, Japan might find difficulty in finding sympathy from a viewing audience for a film based on broad challenges or military objectives. Fires on the Plain overcomes that challenge by viewing the war through the eyes of…More