Fires on the Plain (1959)

movie

(5320)

Country: Japan
Genres: Drama, War
Release: 1959-11-03
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writers: Shohei Ooka , Natto Wada
Language: Japanese
Stars: Eiji Funakoshi , Mantarō Ushio , Yoshihiro Hamaguchi , Osamu Takizawa , Mickey Curtis , Hikaru Hoshi , Masaya Tsukida , Yasushi Sugita , Tatsuya Ishiguro , Yoshio Inaba
Runtime: 108 min
Awards: 6 wins
AKA: Fuochi nella pianura (Italy) , Feuer im Grasland , Fogo na Planície (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Fires on the Plain (United States of America) , Krigen på sletterne (Denmark) , Fires on the Plain (United Kingdom) , Ognie polne (Poland) , Fuego en la llanura (Mexico) , Fires on the Plain (Canada) , Fogo na Planície (Brazil) , Nobi , Les Feux dans la plaine (France, French Republic) , Tüzek a síkságon (Hungary) , 野火（1959） (Japan) , Tulia tasangolla (Finland) , Nobi - krigen på slettene (Norway) , Det grymma kriget (Sweden) , Fuego en la llanura (Argentina) , Fires on the Plain , Полевые огни , Nobi , Fires on the Plain
Plot:
In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.
IMDB:tt0053121