Fires on the Plain

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Fires on the Plain (1959)

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Drama, War · 1h 45m

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 Tamura Osamu Takizawa Yasuda Mickey Curtis Nagamatsu Hikaru Hoshi Soldier Mantarō Ushio Sergeant Masaya Tsukida Soldier Koh Sugita Soldier Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Officer Tatsuya Ishiguro Unshaven Army Doctor Yoshio Inaba Squad Leader Jun Hamamura Deranged Officer Asao Sano Soldier

Crew

Director
Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay
Natto Wada
Novel
Shohei Ooka
Director of Photography
Setsuo Kobayashi
Original Music Composer
Yasushi Akutagawa
Editor
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Producer
Masaichi Nagata

Details

Original title
野火
Release date
1959-11-03
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Tagalog, Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Daiei Film