The read
A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
128 audience votes
Key crew
- Kon IchikawaDirector
- Natto WadaWriter
- Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Eiji FunakoshiTamura
- Osamu TakizawaYasuda
- Mickey CurtisNagamatsu
- Mantarō UshioSergeant
- Kyū SazankaArmy surgeon
- Yoshihiro HamaguchiOfficer
- Hikaru HoshiSoldier
- Masaya TsukidaSoldier
- Kô SugitaSoldier
- Tatsuya IshiguroCast
- Yoshio InabaCast
- Jun HamamuraCast
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Themes
world war iidefeatphilippinespacific warblack and whitecannibalstruggle for survivaljapanese armyjapanese soldierhorrors of warcannibalismleft behind
The Best Japanese Drama Movies
Fires on the Plain is #22 of 60
