Fires on the Plain (野火) 65 years old

Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.

Credits

Fires on the Plain Cast

Name Character
Tatsuya Ishiguro He was 48, 54 years old when he died
Jun Hamamura He was 53, 89 years old when he died
Kyû Sazanka He was 18, 29 years old when he died as Army surgeon
Akira Natsuki He was 31, now 96 years old
Yoshio Inaba He was 39, 77 years old when he died
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi He was 33, 85 years old when he died as Officer
Eiji Funakoshi He was 36, 84 years old when he died as Tamura
Osamu Ôkawa
Yûzô Hayakawa He was 34, 85 years old when he died
Mickey Curtis He was 21, now 86 years old as Nagamatsu
Asao Sano He was 34, now 99 years old as Soldier
Mantarô Ushio He was 50, 91 years old when he died as Sergeant
Manabu Morita
Osamu Takizawa He was 52, 93 years old when he died as Yasuda

Fires on the Plain Crew

Name Department
Masaichi Nagata as Producer. He was 53 (79) years old when He died Production
Shōhei Ōoka as Novel. He was 50 (79) years old when He died Writing
Kon Ichikawa as Director. He was 43 (92) years old when He died Directing
Natto Wada as Writer. She was 39 (62) years old when She died Writing
Tatsuji Nakashizu as Editor. Editing
Setsuo Kobayashi as Director of Photography. Camera
Yasushi Akutagawa as Original Music Composer. He was 34 (64) years old when He died Sound
Fires on the Plain poster
Fires on the Plain (65 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, November 03, 1959
  • Runtime: 108 minutes