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Fires on the Plain (1959)

Overview

DramaWar

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.

Flag of JPJPJapanese
Content warning
world war iijapanese armystruggle for survivalblack and white1940sphilippinescannibalpacific war
Kon Ichikawa

Director

Kon Ichikawa

ReleasedNov 3, 1959
Runtime1h 45m
StatusReleased
Daiei Film

Top Cast

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Tamura

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuda

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Nagamatsu

Mantarō Ushio

Mantarō Ushio

Sergeant

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Army surgeon

Hikaru Hoshi

Hikaru Hoshi

Soldier

Masaya Tsukida

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Soldier

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