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.
Released in 1959, Fires on the Plain is a drama and war film from Daiei Film (Japan). It was directed by Kon Ichikawa and written by Natto Wada. The cast is led by Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Hikaru Hoshi and Mantarō Ushio. With a runtime of 1h 45m, the film averages 7.6/10 across 130 TMDB ratings.
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