Fires on the Plain

Year: 1959

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Kon Ichikawa

WarDramaWar and historical adventureMilitary combat and heroic soldiersBravery in 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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