1942: British soldier Jack Celliers (David Bowie) arrives at a Japanese POW camp run by the disciplinarian Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto), who believes the prisoners are cowards because they have chosen to surrender instead of honourably committing seppuku (ritual suicide). When Yonoi meets Celliers he believes he is an evil spirit, and a battle of wills begins between the two men....
This is not your average war movie, and the performances by Bowie, Sakamoto, Tom Conti (who plays Mr Lawrence) and Jack Thompson are all excellent. Equally impressive is the music score of the film, composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, which won a BAFTA in 1983.
Year: 1983 Run Time: 124 mins approx. Genres:War Actors: David Bowie Certificates:
UK:15
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