If you loved Being Two Isn't Easy, try Fires on the Plain

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Kon Ichikawa, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Being Two Isn't Easy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Fires on the Plain 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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