Fires on the Plain (1959)

1959 · 105 min · Drama, War

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.

Directed by Kon Ichikawa. Starring Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Hikaru Hoshi and Mantarō Ushio.

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