Fires on the Plain

Nov 3, 1959

1h 45m

★ 7.6

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.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Tamura

Eiji Funakoshi

Yasuda

Osamu Takizawa

Nagamatsu

Mickey Curtis

Sergeant

Mantarō Ushio

Army surgeon

Kyū Sazanka

Officer

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Soldier

Hikaru Hoshi

Soldier

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

Kô Sugita

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yoshio Inaba

Jun Hamamura

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