Fires on the Plain (1959)1h45
Drama · War
Director Kon Ichikawa
Also directed The Burmese Harp, An Actor's Revenge, Tokyo Olympiad, and 88 more
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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Cast
Eiji Funakoshi
Osamu Takizawa
Mickey Curtis
Hikaru Hoshi
Mantarō Ushio
Masaya Tsukida
Koh Sugita
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