Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain (1959) is a drama, war film directed by Kon Ichikawa rated 7.6/10.

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.

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