Fires on the Plain

7.6
  • Genre:Drama, War
  • Production:Daiei Film
  • Released:1959-11-03
  • IMDB:tt0053121
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.
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