Japan Synopsis
野火
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fires on the Plain. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Drama + War in Japan
59 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and War genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Fires on the Plain itself).
The 1958–1960 Japan Window
Fires on the Plain holds position #9 of 38 Japan films in the 1958–1960 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Hero of the Red Light District
★ 8.6 · 1960
#2The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
★ 8.2 · 1959
#3The Hidden Fortress
★ 8.0 · 1958
#4The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
★ 8.0 · 1959
#5When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
★ 8.0 · 1960
#6Hiroshima Mon Amour
★ 7.8 · 1959
#7Good Morning
★ 7.7 · 1959
#8The Bad Sleep Well
★ 7.7 · 1960
The 1950s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1950s in Japan, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fires on the Plain premiered alongside 9 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 9 other Japan films in 1959.
The 121st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
97 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (76th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Fires on the Plain, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pacific war · 15
- cannibal · 12
- japanese army · 12
- world war ii · 55
- philippines · 55
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,067 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #459 of 1,933 (top 24%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Tagalog |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | November 3, 1959 |
| IMDb | tt0053121 |