Shadow of Fire (HKIFF48)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
1 Apr 2024 (Mon)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
95 Minutes
Language
Japanese
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Tsukamoto Shinya
Cast
Shuri, Tsukao Ouga, Hiroki Kono, Moriyama Mirai
Synopsis
In the immediate fallout of World War II, Japan has become a desolate wasteland, populated by disenchanted husks of humanity, who cling to civility by a tattered thread. Continuing his series of stripped down, low budget period pieces, Tsukamoto follows the traumatic fortunes of a shellshocked young orphan boy, as he drifts from one tragic guardian to the next. Eightyear-old Tsukao is utterly mesmerising in this central role, our eyes transfixed to his seemingly angelic appearance as the horrors of war do their worst to encircle and erode his fragile innocence.
In the immediate fallout of World War II, Japan has become a desolate wasteland, populated by disenchanted husks of humanity, who cling to civility by a tattered thread. Continuing his series of stripped down, low budget period pieces, Tsukamoto follows the traumatic fortunes of a shellshocked young orphan boy, as he drifts from one tragic guardian to the next. Eightyear-old Tsukao is utterly mesmerising in this central role, our eyes transfixed to his seemingly angelic appearance as the horrors of war do their worst to encircle and erode his fragile innocence.
