Fires on the Plain (1959)

7.6/10 105 min Drama War

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.

Cast

Eiji Funakoshi

Tamura

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuda

Mickey Curtis

Nagamatsu

Mantarō Ushio

Sergeant

Kyū Sazanka

Army surgeon

Hikaru Hoshi

Soldier

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yoshio Inaba

Jun Hamamura

Asao Sano

Soldier

Manabu Morita

Shō Natsuki

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