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Fires on the Plain

Original title: 野火

  • Movie
  • 1959
  • NR
  • 1h 45m

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

7.6

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7.6 out of 10 from 130 votes

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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 and crew

  • Eiji Funakoshi

    Eiji FunakoshiTamura

  • Osamu Takizawa

    Osamu TakizawaYasuda

  • Mickey Curtis

    Mickey CurtisNagamatsu

  • Hikaru Hoshi

    Hikaru HoshiSoldier

  • Mantarō Ushio

    Mantarō UshioSergeant

  • Masaya Tsukida

    Masaya TsukidaSoldier

  • Koh Sugita

    Koh SugitaSoldier

  • Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

    Yoshihiro HamaguchiOfficer

  • Tatsuya Ishiguro

    Tatsuya IshiguroUnshaven Army Doctor

  • Yoshio Inaba

    Yoshio InabaSquad Leader

  • Jun Hamamura

    Jun HamamuraDeranged Officer

  • Asao Sano

    Asao SanoSoldier

  • Shin Date

    Shin DateSquad Leader

  • Kōichi ItōArmy Surgeon

  • Kisao TobitaSoldier

  • Osamu ŌkawaSoldier

  • Manabu Morita

    Manabu MoritaGuard

  • Sho Natsuki

    Sho NatsukiSoldier

Director
Kon Ichikawa
Writer
Shohei Ooka and Natto Wada
Music
Yasushi Akutagawa
Cinematography
Setsuo Kobayashi