
π Overview:
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.
π΅ Budget: USD
14,000,000
π Languages Available:
German
,
English
,
Japanese
π Date Released:
2001-09-02
β Running Time:
108 mins
β Vote Average:
6.4
Beloved Cast

Capt. Ernest Gordon
CiarΓ‘n McMenamin

Major Ian Campbell
Robert Carlyle

Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon
Kiefer Sutherland

Dusty Miller
Mark Strong

Takashi Nagase
Yugo Saso

Sgt. Ito
Sakae Kimura

Col. Stuart McLean
James Cosmo

Captain Noguchi
Masayuki Yui

Camp Doctor Coates
John Gregg

Nagatomo
ShΓ» Nakajima

Lt. Foxworth
Pip Torrens

Norman
James McCarthy

Pte. Wallace Hamilton
Brendan Cowell

Jocko
Adam Sinclair

Duncan
Winton Nicholson

Sgt. Roger Primrose
Greg Ellis

Lars
Robert Jobe

Server
Jonathan Chapman

Jan
Duff Armour

Young Dutch Soldier
Jeremy Pippin

Cockney
Christopher Gyre

Irishman
Sergio Jones

Scottish Mother
Kelli Walchek

Captain Paratrooper
Jonathan Chapman

American Soldier
Richard Joseph Lafond Jr.

Young Scot
Ben Huddleston

POW
Daryl Bonilla

Japanese NCO
Clyde Yamashita

Guard #1
Joji Yoshida

Guard #2
Koji Haga

Self (uncredited)
Ernest Gordon

Soldier (uncredited)
Masa Kanome

(uncredited)
Nick Meaney

Self (uncredited)
Takashi Nagase

Paratrooper (uncredited)
Teddy Sears