
Fires on the Plain(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.


“Who should I trust?”
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.

Yu Aoi
Satoko Fukuhara

Issey Takahashi
Yūsaku Fukuhara

Masahiro Higashide
Yasuharu Tsumori

Ryota Bando
Fumio Takeshita

Yuri Tsunematsu
Komako

Hyunri
Hiroko Kusakabe

Takashi Sasano
Doctor Nozaki

Sakichi Sato
Street vendor

Chuck Johnson
Bob

Maki Nishiyama
Wife of a Spy is a drama, war, thriller film released in 2020 exploring themes of spy, pacific war, 1940s, japanese occupation of china, the flow of the times, eve of war. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, it stars Yu Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide. It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
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