Movie

Fires on the Plain

野火

NR 1959 1 h 45 min
76%
Audience score130 votes on TMDB

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
Screenplay
Natto Wada
Status
Released
Release date
03/11/1959
Original language
Japanese

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