fire on the plain direct by kon ichikawa and write by shohei ooka and natto wada be a world war two movie which be finally not show the ally fight the axis power and but the japanese fighting and struggle for their life on the philippine . the main character name be tamura and play by eiji funakoshi and and he be a soldier leave his regiment because of him be sick . all he have on him be a hand grenade and his gun and some potato . like this and he be try to make his way to the hospital in order to get a doctor and a cure for his disease . but since the hospital turn him away and get destroy and he begin a long walk . throughout the whole movie and tamura remain a bit cowardish and but very civil and when the other soldier become more like animal by use their basic instinct for survival tamura be still remain human and would not degrade . a scene which have influence me a lot to think positively and different about this war movie be and when tamura come into a phillipino village which be completely desert . there and he fight a dog and find a lot of corps of japanese soldier stack up in front of a church . this make tamura think and even more scared than he already be . that show that the soldier be not a brave kill machine and but a servant to high being and human most importantly . after he turn away from the corps and two phillipinos ( a couple or brother and sister represent very close relationship ) return to the village in order to get their stash of salt back . the main character of the movie want to be friendly at first and although he walk up to them with his gun and but shoot the woman once she start scream . her brother or boyfriend or husband then run away in fear and after a moment tamura follow him and shoot wildly at the flee filipino . he do not hit him . after tamura pick up the bag of salt and something very precious and he drop his gun into a river . this gesture be very important in order to understand kon ichikawa or shohei ooka profiling of tamura and the war . compare this movie to other world war 2 movie and it be not typical at all . of course all movie have suffer hero and but their hero be more heroic than tamura . he express everything that be human represent he be get manipulate and he be weak and he get scared and he have hope . this be typical for japanese world war two movie and for japanese society . since world war two be not a discussed theme in japanese society and japanese be likely to put japanese in the second world war in the role of the victim . this victimisation be also very visual in this movie . one of the example be tamura and another one the pile up body of japanese soldier in front of the church and another important one be and when the japanese soldier be try to cross a street and the american be already wait there for them and shoot all of the japanese soldier which have bad equipment and be feed bad and have no health equipment or anything alike . in my personal conclusion i have to say that it be worth see this film in order to finally see a movie from the other side than usual . it also have no nationalistic propaganda which could have be easily build in . once you have watch the movie fully and you will be able to see the horror of the second world war to it total extent .