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Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain

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DramaWar

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

7.632/10

Release Date

03 November 1959

Country

Japan

Cast

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Tamura

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuda

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Nagamatsu

Mantarō Ushio

Mantarō Ushio

Sergeant

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Army surgeon

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Officer

Hikaru Hoshi

Hikaru Hoshi

Soldier

Masaya Tsukida

Masaya Tsukida

Soldier

Kô Sugita

Kô Sugita

Soldier

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Soldier

Shin Date

Shin Date

Kōichi Itō

Kōichi Itō

Kisao Tobita

Kisao Tobita

Osamu Ōkawa

Osamu Ōkawa

Manabu Morita

Manabu Morita

Shō Natsuki

Shō Natsuki

Kyōsuke Shiho

Kyōsuke Shiho

Shizuo Chūjō

Shizuo Chūjō

Tōru Konoki

Tōru Konoki

Tetsurō Takeuchi

Tetsurō Takeuchi

Keiichi Hosokawa

Keiichi Hosokawa

Yūzō Hayakawa

Yūzō Hayakawa

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