Forest Fires

Land and forest fire is a serious problem which Indonesia has to face in the dry season almost every year. Such fires occur not only on dry land but also on wetlands (mainly peatlands). Peatland forest fire is much more difficult to handle than fires on mineral soil or highland plains.

A dramatic, archive based documentary series from the BBC. Amazing footage, stories and personal accounts of Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Avalanches, Floods and Volcanoes.

An agonizing portrait of desperate Japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during World War II, Kon Ichikawa’s Fires on the Plain is a compelling descent into psychological and physical oblivion. Denied hospital treatment for tuberculosis and cast off into the unknown, Private Tamura treks across an unfamiliar Philippine landscape, encountering an increasingly debased cross section of Imperial Army soldiers, who eventually give in to the most terrifying craving of all. Grisly yet poetic, Fires on the Plain is one of the most powerful works from one of Japanese cinema’s most versatile filmmakers.

Duro relato antibélico que narra la desesperada situación, abocada a la derrota, que está sufriendo el ejército japonés en Filipinas en 1945, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ichikawa retrata de forma implacable, con su habitual mirada cínica y humor negro, las correrías de un grupo de soldados japoneses y su lucha por su supervivencia recurriendo a la violencia, al robo e incluso al canibalismo.