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Fires on the Plain
野火
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
1959•1h 45m•NR•★ 7.7
Drama / War
Synopsis
In 1945 Leyte, an isolated, tubercular Japanese soldier abandoned by his hospital unit wanders the muddy jungle amid starving, demoralized stragglers hunted by American troops and Filipino guerrillas, descending into feverish madness and the ultimate taboo of cannibalism. Kon Ichikawa's uncompromising, blistering indictment of war's dehumanization.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorKon Ichikawa
WriterNatto Wada
CinematographySetsuo Kobayashi
MusicYasushi Akutagawa
Principal Cast
Eiji FunakoshiTamura
Osamu TakizawaYasuda
Mickey CurtisNagamatsu
Hikaru HoshiSoldier
Mantarō UshioSergeant
Masaya TsukidaSoldier
Koh SugitaSoldier
Yoshihiro HamaguchiOfficer
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Runtime1h 45m (105 mins)
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Production Details
DirectorKon Ichikawa
LanguagesJapanese, Tagalog, English
CountryJP
StudioDaiei Film
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