Fires on the Plain

You trudge through the Philippine jungle as a Japanese soldier with tuberculosis. But disease and hunger soon overwhelm your mission. The film leaves him a haunting figure of war.

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Kon Ichikawa directed Fires on the Plain in 1959. See Kon Ichikawa's full filmography, where to start with Kon Ichikawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kon Ichikawa.

Fires on the Plain was released in 1959 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.