wildfire.

Kaitlin 2022-02-25 08:01:55

I have finished watching the masterpiece "Wildfire" by Ichikawa Kun, the second generation of post-war Japanese director. . . It's not easy. It's not easy. . . Because of war-themed movies, I've always been afraid to avoid them. . . I'm dizzy. . .

Humanism. . . lingering in the war. . . The so-called hospital is just a place to die later. The Japanese skirmishers who were oppressed by the forces of the eight directions have degenerated into cannibals, and they are struggling to live in an inhuman way in the crisis. . .

There was one shot that struck me very deeply:

many days... and nights passed. . . The cross of the church symbolizes the authority of imperialism, and people can see the invasion of religious culture through the scene of downplaying the smoke, using a wide-angle lens? Because the effect of towering into the sky is remarkable, it shows that the spirit of the people in the occupied area is distorted. Outside the church door were all the dead bodies of Japanese skirmishers, and the black birds that came down from the cross fluttered their wings restlessly among the floating dead bodies.

Speechless, depressed. . .



War is the deepest and greatest tragedy of mankind. . .

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Extended Reading
  • Hillard 2022-02-25 08:01:55

    Romantic complex. Ichichuankun has the feeling of a Western humanitarian. He has an idyllic imagination of the eastern countries invaded in World War II. The war has destroyed the peaceful and beautiful life in the East, and the eastern land has forbearance and tolerance of murderers, enabling them to find salvation and a spiritual home. I don't know if this way of reflection on war is more socially meaningful, or if it contributes more on the level of romanticism.

  • Gabrielle 2022-04-23 07:04:32

    Recently, I watched three films of the same theme in a row, and I was a little tired. Shi Chuankun and Hetian Xia Shi are people who never dare to leave the mainstream ideology?

Fires on the Plain quotes

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

  • Dying Buddhist soldier: [to Tamura as he opens his eyes] What? You still here? Poor guy, when I'm dead, you can eat this.

    [He outstretches his arm]

    Dying Buddhist soldier: [Disgusted by the thought, Tamura leaves] Come back! You can eat me!