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Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Language
Budget$14,000,000
Revenue --
Deutsch,
English,
日本語
Budget$14,000,000
Revenue --
Keywords
japan
scotland
traitor
world war ii
freight train
railway car
teacher
jungle
corporal punishment
bushido
Casts

Ciarán McMenamin
Capt. Ernest Gordon

Robert Carlyle
Major Ian Campbell

Kiefer Sutherland
Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon

Mark Strong
Dusty Miller

Yugo Saso
Takashi Nagase
Sakae Kimura
Sgt. Ito

James Cosmo
Col. Stuart McLean

Masayuki Yui
Captain Noguchi

John Gregg
Camp Doctor Coates

Shû Nakajima
Nagatomo

Pip Torrens
Lt. Foxworth
James McCarthy
Norman

Brendan Cowell
Pte. Wallace Hamilton

Adam Sinclair
Jocko
Winton Nicholson
Duncan

Greg Ellis
Sgt. Roger Primrose
Robert Jobe
Lars
Jonathan Chapman
Server
Duff Armour
Jan
Jeremy Pippin
Young Dutch Soldier
Christopher Gyre
Cockney
Sergio Jones
Irishman
Kelli Walchek
Scottish Mother
Jonathan Chapman
Captain Paratrooper
Richard Joseph Lafond Jr.
American Soldier
Ben Huddleston
Young Scot
Daryl Bonilla
POW
Clyde Yamashita
Japanese NCO

Joji Yoshida
Guard #1
Koji Haga
Guard #2
Ernest Gordon
Self (uncredited)

Masa Kanome
Soldier (uncredited)
Nick Meaney
(uncredited)
Takashi Nagase
Self (uncredited)

Teddy Sears
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Crews
Jack Hafer
Producer
Brian Godawa
Screenplay
Greg Gardiner
Director of Photography

Maire Brennan
Original Music Composer
John Cameron
Original Music Composer

Trevor Jones
Original Music Composer

Tim Silano
Editor

Paul Sylbert
Production Design
Patrick Lumb
Production Design
Daniel Loren May
Production Design
Ernest Gordon
Novel
Penelope L. Foster
Producer
Page Ostrow
Producer
Enock N. Freire
Producer
Edwin L. Marshall
Producer

Sybil Danning
Executive Producer
Greg Newman
Executive Producer
John Quested
Executive Producer
Scott Walchek
Executive Producer
Nava Levin
Line Producer
Allison Cowitt
Casting

Mike Fenton
Casting
Celestia Fox
Casting
David L. Cunningham
Director
David L. Cunningham
Producer
Christopher Burdett
Makeup Artist
Ania Harasimiak
Makeup Department Head
Emily Katz
Key Makeup Artist
Kea Katz
Makeup Artist
Susan Kelber
Hairstylist
Erin Lyons
Makeup Artist
Cheryl Markowitz
Makeup Artist
Joanne Ryan
Makeup Artist
Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Makeup Effects
Stella Tzanidakis
Makeup Artist
Patrick Lumb
Art Direction
Daniel Loren May
Set Decoration
Tami Mor
Costume Design
Rina Ramon
Costume Design
Nava Levin
Unit Production Manager
Backdrops & Posters

