If you loved Hotaru No Haka, try Nobi - Rauchsäulen
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
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Theyboth carry the foreign gem, gut punch mood tags, and they sit in Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hotaru No Haka, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Nobi - Rauchsäulen is
You trudge through the Philippine jungle as a Japanese soldier with tuberculosis. But disease and hunger soon overwhelm your mission. The film leaves him a haunting figure of war.
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