1959
7.6 (111 votes)
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
War
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Fires on the Plain (野火)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writer: Natto Wada
Director of Photography: Setsuo Kobayashi
Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Top Cast
Eiji Funakoshi
Tamura
Osamu Takizawa
Yasuda
Mickey Curtis
Nagamatsu
Mantarō Ushio
Sergeant
Kyū Sazanka
Army surgeon
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Officer
Hikaru Hoshi
Soldier
Masaya Tsukida
Soldier
