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An agonizing portrait of desperate Japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during World War II, Kon Ichikawa's Fires on the Plain is a compelling descent into psychological and physical oblivion. Denied hospital treatment for tuberculosis and cast off into the unknown, Private Tamura treks across an unfamiliar Philippine landscape, encountering an increasingly debased cross section of Imperial Army soldiers, who eventually give in to the most terrifying craving of all. Grisly yet poetic, Fires on the Plain is one of the most powerful works from one of Japanese cinema’s most versatile filmmakers.
Original Release
11/03/1959
US Release
09/24/1963
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Eiji Funakoshi | Tamura |
Osamu Takizawa | Yasuda |
Mickey Curtis | Nagamatsu |
Hikaru Hoshi | Soldier |
Mantarô Ushio | Sergeant |
Masaya Tsukida | Soldier |
Yasushi Sugita | Soldier |
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | Officer |
Tatsuya Ishiguro | |
Yoshio Inaba |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eiji Funakoshi | Tamura |
Osamu Takizawa | Yasuda |
Mickey Curtis | Nagamatsu |
Hikaru Hoshi | Soldier |
Mantarô Ushio | Sergeant |
Masaya Tsukida | Soldier |
Yasushi Sugita | Soldier |
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | Officer |
Tatsuya Ishiguro | |
Yoshio Inaba | |
Jun Hamamura | |
Asao Sano | Soldier |
Shin Date | |
Kôichi Itô | |
Kisao Tobita | |
Manabu Morita | |
Shô Natsuki | |
Kyôsuke Shiho | |
Yûzô Hayakawa | |
Shizuo Chûjô |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hiroaki Fujii | Producer |
Masaichi Nagata | Producer |