Mostra del Cinema di Venezia Interview
Shinya Tsukamoto, Nobi (Fires on the Plain) #Venezia71
Shinya Tsukamoto, Director, Nobi. Festival Section: Main competition NOBI (FIRES ON THE PLAIN) is set at the end of WWII. After invading an island in the Philippines, Japanese servicemen meet fierce counter-offensive from the locals and the allied forces. It’s just a matter of time before the few survivors are wiped out. Private Tamura roams the jungle which is now hell on earth, with piles of bodies everywhere. Extreme fatigue numbs his mind and hunger …