Fires on the Plain (1959)
Drama, War
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.
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writer: Natto Wada
The Cast
Eiji Funakoshi
Tamura
Osamu Takizawa
Yasuda
Mickey Curtis
Nagamatsu
Mantarō Ushio
Sergeant
Kyū Sazanka
Army surgeon
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Officer
Hikaru Hoshi
Soldier
Masaya Tsukida
Soldier
Kô Sugita
Soldier
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yoshio Inaba
Jun Hamamura
Asao Sano
Soldier
Shin Date
Kōichi Itō
Kisao Tobita
Osamu Ōkawa
Manabu Morita
Shō Natsuki
Kyōsuke Shiho
Shizuo Chūjō
Tōru Konoki
Tetsurō Takeuchi
Keiichi Hosokawa
Yūzō Hayakawa
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