Fires on the Plain

Name: Fires on the Plain
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1959-11-03
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.599
Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarō Ushio, Kyū Sazanka

Original title: 野火

7.6(126)NR19591h 45mJA

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

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.

world war iidefeatphilippinespacific warblack and whitecannibalstruggle for survivaljapanese armyjapanese soldierhorrors of warcannibalismleft behind

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