Fires on the Plain
DramaWarworld war iidefeatphilippinespacific warblack and whitecannibalstruggle for survivaljapanese armyjapanese soldierhorrors of warcannibalismleft behind
A harrowing descent into the physical and moral degradation of a dying soldier abandoned in a hostile landscape, unflinching in its depiction of war's dehumanizing horror.
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
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