Fires on the Plain

7.6/ 10 130 votes 1959-11-03 1h 45m 3 popularity

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.

Director: Kon Ichikawa

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Cast

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Eiji Funakoshi

Tamura

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuda

Mickey Curtis

Nagamatsu

Hikaru Hoshi

Soldier

Mantarō Ushio

Sergeant

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

Koh Sugita

Soldier

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Officer

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