If you loved Tombstone of the Fireflies, 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.

You already loved

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 Tombstone of the Fireflies, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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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.

If you loved Tombstone of the Fireflies, try Fires on the Plain

Tombstone of the Fireflies

Fires on the Plain

What they share

What Fires on the Plain is

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If you loved Tombstone of the Fireflies, try Fires on the Plain

Tombstone of the Fireflies

Fires on the Plain

What they share

What Fires on the Plain is

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