Fires on the Plain (1959)
03/11/1959
Drama, War
1h 45m
- 76% (115 votes)
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Overview
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.
- Kon IchikawaDirector
- Natto WadaWriter
Original Title
野火
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- world war ii
- philippines
- pacific war
- cannibal
- struggle for survival
- japanese army
- 1940s
Top Billed Cast
Eiji Funakoshi
Tamura
Osamu Takizawa
Yasuda
Mickey Curtis
Nagamatsu
Mantarō Ushio
Sergeant
Kyū Sazanka
Army surgeon
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Officer
Hikaru Hoshi
Soldier
Masaya Tsukida
Soldier
Kô Sugita
Soldier
Tatsuya Ishiguro
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