Fires on the Plain

About Fires on the Plain

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.

Fires on the Plain (1959) is a war film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It runs 105 minutes and was released in November 1959.

Eiji Funakoshi takes the lead as Tamura, Osamu Takizawa as Yasuda, Mickey Curtis as Nagamatsu, and Hikaru Hoshi as Soldier. Written by Natto Wada.

Shelv files it under cannibal, philippines, struggle for survival, and cannibalism. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel.

Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, and Run Silent, Run Deep make useful companions to Fires on the Plain, all filed under japanese army, pacific war, and world war ii. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 130 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.