Movie
Fires on the Plain
1959NR1h 45m7.6 / 10
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.
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Checked Sep 4, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Fires on the Plain
Cast
Eiji FunakoshiTamura
Osamu TakizawaYasuda
Mickey CurtisNagamatsu
Mantarō UshioSergeant
Kyū SazankaArmy surgeonYoshihiro HamaguchiOfficer
Hikaru HoshiSoldier
Masaya TsukidaSoldierCredits
- Directed by
- Kon Ichikawa
- Written by
- Natto Wada, Shohei Ooka
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 野火
Production
Daiei FilmJapan
Themes
black and whitecannibalcannibalismdefeathorrors of warjapanese armyjapanese soldierleft behind
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