Shinya TSUKAMOTO 塚本晋也
Fires On The Plain
野火
Nippon Cinema ª
Even fans of body horror master TSUKAMOTO should be warned: this retelling of WWII veteran Shohei OKA’s novel about the loss of humanity in times of war is an ultraviolent, surrealistic and very physical movie experience about hunger, invincible enemies, tuberculosis and cannibalism.
野火
Nobi
Japan 2014
87 minutes
Director
Shinya TSUKAMOTO
Script
Shinya TSUKAMOTO based on a novel by Shohei OKA
Cinematography
Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Satoshi HAYASHI
Music
Chu ISHIKAWA
Production
Kaijyu Theater
World sales
Coproduction Office
Cast
Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Yusaku MORI, Lily Franky, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Yuko NAKAMURA
About Shinya TSUKAMOTO
塚本晋也
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Shinya TSUKAMOTO started making 8mm short films as a teenager. After studying oil painting he worked for an ad agency and founded his own theater company, from which he recruited cast and crew for his feature debut TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989 / see p. 33). Films like TOKYO FIST (1995 / see p. 33), A SNAKE OF JUNE (2002), VITAL (2004 / NC ‘05) or KOTOKO (2011 / NC ’12) were celebrated on the international festival circuit. TSUKAMOTO received the Mainichi Film Award as best director and best actor for his remake of FIRES ON THE PLAIN (2014 / NC ‘15). KILLING enjoyed its 2018 world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In 2019, he was awarded the Nippon Honor Award.