

War · Thriller · Drama
Overview
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
Top Cast


André Morell
André Morell
Col. Lambert
André Morell
Col. Lambert


Carl Möhner
Carl Möhner
Piet Van Elst
Carl Möhner
Piet Van Elst


Walter Fitzgerald
Walter Fitzgerald
Cyril Beattie
Walter Fitzgerald
Cyril Beattie


Edward Underdown
Edward Underdown
Major Dawes
Edward Underdown
Major Dawes


Phil Brown
Phil Brown
Lt. Peter Bellamy
Phil Brown
Lt. Peter Bellamy


Barbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley
Kate Keiller
Barbara Shelley
Kate Keiller


Michael Goodliffe
Michael Goodliffe
Father Paul Anjou
Michael Goodliffe
Father Paul Anjou


Michael Gwynn
Michael Gwynn
Tom Shields
Michael Gwynn
Tom Shields


Ronald Radd
Ronald Radd
Commander Yamaitsu
Ronald Radd
Commander Yamaitsu


Marne Maitland
Marne Maitland
Captain Sakamura
Marne Maitland
Captain Sakamura
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