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Quick Facts

DirectorKon Ichikawa

Runtime1h 45m · NR

GenresDrama · War

Release1959-11-03

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Film

Fires on the Plain

Name: Fires on the Plain
Released: 1959-11-03

1959· NR· 1h 45m· 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.

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Cast & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorKon Ichikawa

WriterNatto Wada

ProducerMasaichi Nagata

Director of PhotographySetsuo Kobayashi

Original Music ComposerYasushi Akutagawa

EditorTatsuji Nakashizu

Full cast & crew (25 cast · 11 crew)

Details

Released1959-11-03

Runtime1h 45m · NR

StatusReleased

StudiosDaiei Film

LanguagesTagalog · Japanese

CountriesJapan

Rating7.6/10 · 124 votes

Original languageja

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