Fires on the Plain
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7.6In 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.
Released: 1959-11-03105 minDir: Kon IchikawaDrama, War
Cast
- Eiji Funakoshi as Tamura
- Osamu Takizawa as Yasuda
- Mickey Curtis as Nagamatsu
- Mantarō Ushio as Sergeant
- Kyū Sazanka as Army surgeon
- Yoshihiro Hamaguchi as Officer
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Golden Leopard
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Based on
- Fires on the Plain
- Main subject
- Pacific War
- Director
- Kon Ichikawa
- Screenwriter
- Shōhei Ōoka
- Cast member
- Eiji Funakoshi
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Connections
Categories
1950s war drama films1959 drama films1959 films1959 Japanese films1959 Japanese-language filmsFilms about the Japanese occupation of the PhilippinesFilms based on Japanese novelsFilms based on works by Shōhei ŌokaFilms directed by Kon IchikawaFilms produced by Masaichi NagataFilms scored by Yasushi AkutagawaFilms set in 1945