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Fires on the Plain

(1959)

November 3, 1959• 1h 45m
76%
TMDB Score

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 Ichikawa

Director

Top Billed Cast

EF

Eiji Funakoshi

Tamura

OT

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuda

MC

Mickey Curtis

Nagamatsu

MU

Mantarō Ushio

Sergeant

KS

Kyū Sazanka

Army surgeon

YH

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Officer

HH

Hikaru Hoshi

Soldier

MT

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

KS

Kô Sugita

Soldier

TI

Tatsuya Ishiguro

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