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Fires on the Plain

  • Drama
  • War

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.

Cast

Eiji FunakoshiTamura
Osamu TakizawaYasuda
Mickey CurtisNagamatsu
Mantarô UshioSergeant
Kyû SazankaArmy surgeon
Yoshihiro HamaguchiOfficer

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