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.

Directed by: Kon Ichikawa

Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarō Ushio, Kyū Sazanka, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hikaru Hoshi, Masaya Tsukida, Kô Sugita, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Yoshio Inaba, Jun Hamamura

Genres: Drama, War

Rating: 7.6/10

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