Still from Shadow of Fire (2023), by Shinya Tsukamoto.
Still from Shadow of Fire (2023), by Shinya Tsukamoto.
Shadow of Fire (ほかげ)
2:30 pm–4:15 pm
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan, 2023, 95 min.). Japanese with English subtitles.
From visionary director Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tokyo Fist), Shadow of Fire concludes a war trilogy following Fires on the Plain and Killing. Set in the ruins of postwar Japan, the film follows an orphan boy surviving on stolen food and a woman forced into sex work as they struggle to rebuild their lives. Their tenuous existence is upended by the arrival of a traumatized young soldier and a mysterious drifter. With Tsukamoto’s signature intensity, Shadow of Fire delivers a stark meditation on war’s lingering wounds and a society haunted by its past.
“An exceptional movie, from a filmmaker that continues on the unique road he paved by himself decades ago.” —Asian Movie Pulse
Wheelchair accessible
With English subtitles
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