• 1959
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 48m
Fires on the Plain

Summary In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation. View more details

  • 1959
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 48m

Fires on the Plain

Directed : Kon Ichikawa

Written : Natto Wada Shohei Ooka

Stars : Osamu Takizawa Eiji Funakoshi Mickey Curtis Hikaru Hoshi

All cast & crew

7.9

Details

Genres : Drama War

Release date : Nov 2, 1959

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Filming locations : Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan

Production companies : Daiei Studios Kadokawa Herald Pictures

Summary In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama War

Release date : Nov 2, 1959

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Filming locations : Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan

Production companies : Daiei Studios Kadokawa Herald Pictures

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