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      Shadow of Fire

      2023 1h 35m War Drama List
      86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews Read More Read Less

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      Wendy Ide Screen International It is not an easy watch, but, driven by performances that range from haunting and affecting, to terrifying and grotesque, it is a powerful one. Oct 26, 2023 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Although on a level lower than his previous two films, particularly due to the difference in scope, “Shadow of Fire” is still an exceptional movie, from a filmmaker that continues on the unique road he paved by himself decades ago. Rated: 7.5 Feb 25, 2024 Full Review Anton Bitel Projected Figures Shinya Tsukamoto’s harrowing postwar psychodrama exposes the burnt-in scarring, trauma and madness of late-Forties (and present-day) Japan, inside and out Feb 3, 2024 Full Review Forrest Cardamenis The Film Stage Just as Shadow of Fire is at its best when its setting is more constrained, Tsukamoto is at his most resourceful when he has less to work with. Rated: B- Feb 2, 2024 Full Review Andrew Reichel In Review Online No one could accuse [him] of being dishonest by portraying post-war Japan so gloomily, and the film isn’t monotonous, but removing names and most backstories didn’t necessarily have to mean abandoning psychological specificity for the woman and the child. Jan 31, 2024 Full Review Christopher Cross Asynchronous Media Shadow of Fire reflects that state of being when even the safety of four walls cannot be trusted more than the bleak realities outside. Rated: 4/5 Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      LABEL 2 前半段室内戏很耐看，影像对室内空间和场域氛围的塑造非常成功，多次出现的恐怖片式表达也有力地展现出日本底层人民受战争摧残后高度异化的“非人”状态。可惜影片后半段不复先前的新意，对反战主题和军国主义本质的高强度指涉让影片的表达落了传统反战题材的窠臼，女主角的自白和男孩对落魄日军士兵的直接目击更是过于直白——或许对理解可能性的剥夺是反战片的宿命吧。 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/26/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Shadow of Fire

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      Movie Info

      Director
      Shin'ya Tsukamoto
      Screenwriter
      Shin'ya Tsukamoto
      Production Co
      Kaijyu Theater
      Genre
      War, Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      1h 35m