Fires on the Plain (1959)
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.
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Eiji Funakoshi as Tamura |
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Osamu Takizawa as Yasuda |
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Mickey Curtis as Nagamatsu |
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Mantarō Ushio as Sergeant |
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Kyū Sazanka as Army surgeon |
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Yoshihiro Hamaguchi as Officer |
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Hikaru Hoshi as Soldier |
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Masaya Tsukida as Soldier |
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Kô Sugita as Soldier |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro as |
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Yoshio Inaba as |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Asao Sano as Soldier |
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Shin Date as |
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Kōichi Itō as |
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Kisao Tobita as |
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Osamu Ōkawa as |
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Manabu Morita as |
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Shō Natsuki as |
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Kyōsuke Shiho as |
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Shizuo Chūjō as |
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Tōru Konoki as |
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Tetsurō Takeuchi as |
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Keiichi Hosokawa as |
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Yūzō Hayakawa as |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Writing | Natto Wada | Writer |
| Writing | Shohei Ooka | Novel |
| Camera | Setsuo Kobayashi | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Tarō Yuge | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Production | Asao Kumada | Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |
| Art | Atsuji Shibata | Production Design |
| Sound | Ken'ichi Nishii | Sound |