Fires on the Plain (1959)

1959 · Feature film · 105 min · dir. Kon Ichikawa

• Drama
• War

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Writer

Shohei Ooka

Composer

Yasushi Akutagawa

Cinematography

Setsuo Kobayashi

Studio

Daiei Film

Released

1959-11-03

Original title

野火

Running time

105 minutes

Cast & crew

• Kon Ichikawa Director
• Eiji Funakoshi
• Osamu Takizawa
• Mickey Curtis
• Mantarō Ushio
• Kyū Sazanka
• YYoshihiro Hamaguchi
• Hikaru Hoshi
• Masaya Tsukida

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