Fires on the Plain
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
1959-11-03
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
115
Vote Average
7.6
Eiji Funakoshi
Tamura
Osamu Takizawa
Yasuda
Mickey Curtis
Nagamatsu
Mantarō Ushio
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Kyū Sazanka
Army surgeon
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Officer
Hikaru Hoshi
Soldier
Masaya Tsukida
Soldier
Kô Sugita
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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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