Wasted Land

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Iki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company. --Tokyograph

Iki Tadashi struggles to find his footing in a peaceful Japan that feels utterly alien after eleven years of Siberian captivity. This quiet character study captures the profound isolation of a man whose soul remains trapped in a frozen wasteland.