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Fires on the Plain

Original title: 野火

1959 · NR · 1h 45m

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

7.6

TMDB audience score
130 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

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  • Criterion Channel

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  • Kanopy
  • Darkroom

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  • Fandango At Home

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Cast

  • Eiji Funakoshi
    Tamura

  • Osamu Takizawa
    Yasuda

  • Mickey Curtis
    Nagamatsu

  • Hikaru Hoshi
    Soldier

  • Mantarō Ushio
    Sergeant

  • Masaya Tsukida
    Soldier

  • Koh Sugita
    Soldier

  • Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
    Officer

  • Tatsuya Ishiguro
    Unshaven Army Doctor

  • Yoshio Inaba
    Squad Leader

  • Jun Hamamura
    Deranged Officer

  • Asao Sano
    Soldier

  • Shin Date
    Squad Leader

  • Kōichi Itō
    Army Surgeon

  • Kisao Tobita
    Soldier

  • Osamu Ōkawa
    Soldier

  • Manabu Morita
    Guard

  • Sho Natsuki
    Soldier