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Fires on the Plain

NR

1959

105 minutes

DramaWar

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.

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Top Cast

Eiji Funakoshi headshot

Eiji Funakoshi

Tamura

Osamu Takizawa headshot

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuda

Mickey Curtis headshot

Mickey Curtis

Nagamatsu

Mantarō Ushio headshot

Mantarō Ushio

Sergeant

Kyū Sazanka headshot

Kyū Sazanka

Army surgeon

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi headshot

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Officer

Hikaru Hoshi headshot

Hikaru Hoshi

Soldier

Masaya Tsukida headshot

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

Kô Sugita headshot

Kô Sugita

Soldier

Tatsuya Ishiguro headshot

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yoshio Inaba headshot

Yoshio Inaba

Jun Hamamura headshot

Jun Hamamura

Asao Sano headshot

Asao Sano

Soldier

Shin Date headshot

Shin Date

Kōichi Itō headshot

Kōichi Itō

Kisao Tobita headshot

Kisao Tobita

Osamu Ōkawa headshot

Osamu Ōkawa

Manabu Morita headshot

Manabu Morita

Shō Natsuki headshot

Shō Natsuki

Kyōsuke Shiho headshot

Kyōsuke Shiho

Shizuo Chūjō headshot

Shizuo Chūjō

Tōru Konoki headshot

Tōru Konoki

Tetsurō Takeuchi headshot

Tetsurō Takeuchi

Keiichi Hosokawa headshot

Keiichi Hosokawa

Yūzō Hayakawa headshot

Yūzō Hayakawa