Fires on the Plain (1959)
Original title: 野火
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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Eiji FunakoshiTamura
Osamu TakizawaYasuda
Mickey CurtisNagamatsu
Mantarō UshioSergeant
Kyū SazankaArmy surgeonYoshihiro HamaguchiOfficer
Hikaru HoshiSoldier
Masaya TsukidaSoldierKô SugitaSoldier
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yoshio Inaba
Jun HamamuraKeywords
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Genre affinityDrama · WarTheme affinityWorld War Ii · 1940s · CannibalDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityWar · World War Ii · Pacific WarDirector preference360076Actor preference195685 · 329683 · 329677
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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.
How long is Fires on the Plain?
Fires on the Plain has a runtime of 105 minutes.
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