- HD 1080
- Runtime: 105m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kon Ichikawa
- Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarō Ushio, Kyū Sazanka
- keywords: world war ii, philippines, pacific war, cannibal, japanese army, 1940s
- Production_studio: Daiei Film
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Fires on the Plain is featured in the top rankings of 1959
- #14 in Top Drama Movies of 1959
- #6 in Top War Movies of 1959
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.
