Kon Ichikawa
Director
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.
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Watch Providers: Kanopy, Criterion Channel, Darkroom
Production Companies: Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Country: Japan
Production Country:
Japan
Languages:
Japanese,
Tagalog
Recommendations
105 min
Nov. 3, 1959
Released
NR / 18+