Java, 1942 — A clash of cultures, a test of the human spirit.
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
- 7.3
- 1983
- Released
- 2h 4m
David Bowie
Celliers
Tom Conti
Lawrence
Jack Thompson
Hicksley
Johnny Ohkura
Kanemoto
Alistair Browning
De Jong
James Malcolm
Celliers' BrotherChris Broun
Celliers (12 Years)
Yuya Uchida
Commandant of Military Prison
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
President of the Court
Takashi Naito
Lieutenant IwataTamio Ishikura
Prosecutor
Rokkō Toura
Interpreter
Kan Mikami
Lieutenant ItōYūji Honma
PFC Yajima
Daisuke Iijima
Corporal Ueki
Hideo Murota
New Commandant of CampBarry Dorking
Chief Doctor
Geoff Clendon
Australian Doctor
Grant Bridger
P.O.W. Officer
Geoff Allen
P.O.W. #2Mark Berg
P.O.W. #4Marcus Campbell
P.O.W. #5
Colin Francis
P.O.W. #6Richard Hensby
P.O.W. #7Richard Hoare
P.O.W. #8Martin Ibbertson
P.O.W. #9Rob Jayne
P.O.W. #10Richard Mills
P.O.W. #11Mark Penrose
P.O.W. #12
Arthur Ranford
P.O.W. #13Steve Smith
P.O.W. #14Stephen Taylor
P.O.W. #15Richard Zimmerman
P.O.W. #16
Ian Miller
English GuardDon Stevens
PastorYōichi Iijima
Japanese Soldier #1Satoshi Itō
Japanese Soldier #2Masaki Kusakabe
Japanese Soldier #3Kunihide Kuruma
Japanese Soldier #4
Hiroshi Mikami
Japanese Soldier #5Tokuhisa Masuda
Japanese Soldier #7Takeshi Nagasawa
Japanese Soldier #8Takashi Odashima
Japanese Soldier #9Masanori Okada
Japanese Soldier #10Rintaro Shibata
Japanese Soldier #12Masamichi Shibasaki
Japanese Soldier #13Kaname Shimura
Japanese Soldier #14Kenzo Shirahama
Japanese Soldier #15Hisao Takeda
Japanese Soldier #16Hidenobu Togo
Japanese Soldier #17Atsuo Yamashita
Japanese Soldier #18Heiwa Yoshihara
Japanese Soldier #19Takeshi Yū
Japanese Soldier #20
Released
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$2,306,560.00
- #based on novel or book
- #war crimes
- #world war ii
- #prisoner of war
- #pacific war
- #court martial
- #prison camp
- #meditative
- #1940s
- #java, indonesia
- #depressing
- #complicated
- #distressing
- #frustrated
Reviews
This offers a really poignant look at what we might describe as mutual insanity. "Maj. Celliers" (David Bowie) is convicted by the occupying Japanese on the island of Java on citing rebellion. With hindsight, perhaps he would rather not have been, but he is spared the firing squad and sent to the POW camp of "Col Yonoi" (Ryuichi Sakamoto) who leaves much of the day to day brutality to his henchman