Fires on the Plain (Film), released 1959 — adapted from Fires on the plain by Shōhei Ōoka.
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.
Starring Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarō Ushio, Kyū Sazanka.
Directed by Kon Ichikawa.
