Empire of the Sun

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(drama, war)

An aristocratic British youth is seperated from his family at the start of World War II after the Japanese Army invades British controlled areas of China. Reduced to living on the street and fighting for food, the youth is eventually interned in a Japanese POW camp for British civilians. Here, admiration quickly develops both for captured American pilots and the Japanese themselves. When the war ends, the boy torn from everything he knew attempts to again find his parents..

actors:

Christian Bale as Jim 'Jamie' Graham
John Malkovich as Basie
Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Victor
Nigel Havers as Dr. Rawlins
Joe Pantoliano as Frank Demarest
Leslie Phillips as Maxton
Masat?? Ibu as Sgt. Nagata
Emily Richard as Jim's mother Mary Graham
Rupert Frazer as Jim's father John Graham
Peter Gale as Mr. Victor
Takatoro Kataoka as Kamikaze Boy Pilot
Ben Stiller as Dainty
David Neidorf as Tiptree
Ralph Seymour as Cohen
Robert Stephens as Mr. Lockwood
directors:
Steven Spielberg
rating:7.50

See also: Drama: Curly Sue

See also: Christian Bale in Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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