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.

Cast

Eiji Funakoshi

as Tamura

Osamu Takizawa

as Yasuda

Mickey Curtis

as Nagamatsu

Hikaru Hoshi

as Soldier

Mantarō Ushio

as Sergeant

Masaya Tsukida

as Soldier

Koh Sugita

as Soldier

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

as Officer

Tatsuya Ishiguro

as Unshaven Army Doctor

Yoshio Inaba

as Squad Leader

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