If you loved Fires on the Plain, try Shadow of Fire
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.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, and they sit in Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Fires on the Plain, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Shadow of Fire is
You're a child scavenging for scraps in the scorched ruins of a city, trading trinkets for rice while grown-ups whisper of ghosts and gunfire. But the streets remember everything, and so do the eyes of the men who knew your father. This film moves like a fever dream shot on grainy 16mm, lingering in the air like smoke from a dying fire.

