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Fires on the Plain

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NR 1963 · 1h 45m
Drama, War
Starring Eiji Funakoshi · Osamu Takizawa · Mickey Curtis
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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.

Theatrical
Sep 24, 1963
Theaters
2
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Music
Yasushi Akutagawa
Studio
Daiei Film
Original Title
野火
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
world war ii defeat philippines pacific war black and white cannibal struggle for survival japanese army japanese soldier horrors of war cannibalism left behind
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Cast

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E
Eiji Funakoshi
Tamura
O
Osamu Takizawa
Yasuda
M
Mickey Curtis
Nagamatsu
M
Mantarō Ushio
Sergeant
K
Kyū Sazanka
Army surgeon
Y
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Officer
H
Hikaru Hoshi
Soldier
M
Masaya Tsukida
Soldier
K
Kô Sugita
Soldier
T
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Y
Yoshio Inaba
J
Jun Hamamura
A
Asao Sano
Soldier
S
Shin Date
K
Kōichi Itō
K
Kisao Tobita
O
Osamu Ōkawa
M
Manabu Morita
S
Sho Natsuki
K
Kyōsuke Shiho

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