taiwan   based on novel   grenade   prologue   vomit   exploding car   blood   corpse   organized crime   mafia   corruption   severed leg   gore   grass   detective   existentialism   accidental suicide   lawyer   heist   accidental death   main character dies   color in title   severed hand   anal sex   sexual perversion   insanity   duality   hill   nature   drug use   visual metaphor   multiple perspectives   philosophy   stabbed to death   cop killer   kamikaze   strip club   assassination   uniform   honor   yakuza   stripper   general   lieutenant   captain   sergeant   u.s. soldier   world war two   multiple narrators   stabbed in the throat   triad   fighting   battle   hearing characters thoughts   inner voice   internal monologue   voice over inner thoughts   jungle   courage   u.s. marine   ceremony   spirituality   spoken inner thoughts   absent without leave   corporal   grim reality   infantry   dead soldier   commander   tradition   tropical island   japanese army   bunker   casualty of war   apocalypse   awol   private   brigadier general   pacifism   refusal to obey orders   crocodile   lieutenant colonel   budding friendship   combat casualty   battalion   beach landing   charlie company   guadalcanal   landing craft   melanesia   reed   relieved of command   ridge   solomon islands   spontaneity   transcendence   troop ship   faeces drowning   dirty money   betrayal   death   military   shot in the stomach   murder   shot in the back   shot to death   soldier   explosion   suicide   machismo   massacre   severed arm   revenge   cynicism   voice over narration   stabbed in the chest   violence   husband wife relationship   shot in the neck   surprise ending   pursuit   voice over letter   machine gun   stabbed in the back   underwater scene   shot in the chest   invasion   skepticism   rifle   survival   robbery   steel helmet   u.s. army   shot in the head   no opening credits   river   pistol   japanese