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Fires on the Plain 1959

★ 7.6/10 NR DramaWar Released

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

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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.

world war iidefeatphilippinespacific warblack and whitecannibalstruggle for survivaljapanese armyjapanese soldierhorrors of warcannibalismleft behind

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Cast

Eiji Funakoshi Tamura
Osamu Takizawa Yasuda
Mickey Curtis Nagamatsu
Mantarō Ushio Sergeant
Kyū Sazanka Army surgeon
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Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Officer
Hikaru Hoshi Soldier
Masaya Tsukida Soldier
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Kô Sugita Soldier
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yoshio Inaba
Jun Hamamura