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.
Fires on the Plain has generally received very positive reviews.
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Fires on the Plain was released in 1959 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 56 reviews, giving Fires on the Plain (1959) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 92%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 82%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Fires on the Plain than critics were.
With a score of 83%, Fires on the Plain is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
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