Fires on the Plain

November. 03,1959      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Eiji Funakoshi as  Tamura
Osamu Takizawa as  Yasuda
Mickey Curtis as  Nagamatsu
Mantarō Ushio as  Sergeant
Kyū Sazanka as  Army surgeon
Hikaru Hoshi as  Soldier
Masaya Tsukida as  Soldier
Yoshio Inaba as  
Asao Sano as  Soldier

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