02/09/2001
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.
Ciarán McMenamin
as Capt. Ernest Gordon
Robert Carlyle
as Major Ian Campbell
Kiefer Sutherland
as Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon
Mark Strong
as Dusty Miller
Yugo Saso
as Takashi Nagase
Sakae Kimura
as Sgt. Ito
James Cosmo
as Col. Stuart McLean
Masayuki Yui
as Captain Noguchi
John Gregg
as Camp Doctor Coates
Shû Nakajima
as Nagatomo
Pip Torrens
as Lt. Foxworth
James McCarthy
as Norman
Brendan Cowell
as Pte. Wallace Hamilton
Adam Sinclair
as Jocko
Winton Nicholson
as Duncan
Greg Ellis
as Sgt. Roger Primrose
Robert Jobe
as Lars
Jonathan Chapman
as Server
Duff Armour
as Jan
Jeremy Pippin
as Young Dutch Soldier
Christopher Gyre
as Cockney
Sergio Jones
as Irishman
Kelli Walchek
as Scottish Mother
Jonathan Chapman
as Captain Paratrooper
Richard Joseph Lafond Jr.
as American Soldier
Ben Huddleston
as Young Scot
Daryl Bonilla
as POW
Clyde Yamashita
as Japanese NCO
Joji Yoshida
as Guard #1
Koji Haga
as Guard #2
Ernest Gordon
as Self (uncredited)
Masa Kanome
as Soldier (uncredited)
Nick Meaney
as (uncredited)
Takashi Nagase
as Self (uncredited)
Teddy Sears
as Paratrooper (uncredited)
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