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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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Status: Released
Released Date: 1959-11-03
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writer: Natto Wada
Spoken language: , 日本語
Genres: Drama, War
Original title: Fires on the Plain
Production Companies: Daiei Film
Production Countries: Japan
Eiji Funakoshi
Osamu Takizawa
Mickey Curtis
Mantarō Ushio
Kyū Sazanka
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Hikaru Hoshi
Masaya Tsukida
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