Fire of the Plains - The Last Home of Humanity

May 2022-02-25 08:01:55

For the fire source that is often seen on the plain, Tamura thought it was wolf smoke at first, full of fear, and a symbol of death. Later, the squad leader said that the fire was for burning straw, there was nothing to be afraid of, and it was a symbol of life.
As a tool of war, Tamura's killing of the islanders who came back to fetch salt is already unconscious and inhuman. As a so-called human being, in the end, when he witnessed Nagamatsu murder and cannibalism, he shot Nagamatsu with the last humanity he kept.
When the city of Balayan could no longer be reached, the islanders would shoot to death if they surrendered, and the soldiers had begun to eat people, Tamura's last humanity and desire to survive told himself that running to the fire of the plains was the only way out. At this time, Tamura has also understood what the fire of the plain means: the end of life, but also the last hope for preserving human nature.
Chang Song's actor is Uncle Suzuki in Uncle Robot, I didn't expect it~

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Extended Reading
  • Summer 2022-04-23 07:04:32

    Starvation to death is a small matter, advancing the army of gods, empty valleys suffocating, tropical diseases, strong harp can’t be recruited, wildfires can’t be exhausted

  • Maude 2022-02-25 08:01:55

    In the past, I always thought that Ichichuan Kun was insane and insane, but this one is ruthless enough, it can be said that it is Japan's "Apocalypse Now" (there is still a gap at the end...). The distorted human body and the land ravaged by rain and artillery fire are even more horrible and surreal under the pulling of the cinemascope, and there are several ultra-low perspective + oblique composition that makes the character's desperate movement itself produce a sense of dizziness. Eiji Funakoshi is on my knees...

Fires on the Plain quotes

  • First hospital squatter: [to Tamura, who has given him some beans] I won't forget your kindness as long as I live.

    Second hospital squatter: That won't be long.

  • Tamura: [to soldier who suddenly has stopped moving] Hey, are you dead?