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.
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David Bowie as Celliers
Tom Conti as Lawrence
Ryuichi Sakamoto as Yonoi
Takeshi Kitano as Hara
Jack Thompson as Hicksley
Johnny Ohkura as Kanemoto
Alistair Browning as De Jong
James Malcolm as Celliers' Brother
Chris Broun as Celliers (12 Years)
Yuya Uchida as Commandant of Military Prison
Ryūnosuke Kaneda as President of the Court
Takashi Naito as Lieutenant Iwata
Tamio Ishikura as Prosecutor
Rokkō Toura as Interpreter
Kan Mikami as Lieutenant Itō
Yūji Honma as PFC Yajima
Daisuke Iijima as Corporal Ueki
Hideo Murota as New Commandant of Camp
Barry Dorking as Chief Doctor
Geoff Clendon as Australian Doctor
Grant Bridger as P.O.W. Officer
Richard Adams as P.O.W. #1
Geoff Allen as P.O.W. #2
Michael Baxter-Lax as P.O.W. #3
Mark Berg as P.O.W. #4
Marcus Campbell as P.O.W. #5
Colin Francis as P.O.W. #6
Richard Hensby as P.O.W. #7
Richard Hoare as P.O.W. #8
Martin Ibbertson as P.O.W. #9
Rob Jayne as P.O.W. #10
Richard Mills as P.O.W. #11
Mark Penrose as P.O.W. #12
Arthur Ranford as P.O.W. #13
Steve Smith as P.O.W. #14
Stephen Taylor as P.O.W. #15
Richard Zimmerman as P.O.W. #16
Ian Miller as English Guard
Don Stevens as Pastor
Yōichi Iijima as Japanese Soldier #1
Satoshi Itō as Japanese Soldier #2
Masaki Kusakabe as Japanese Soldier #3
Kunihide Kuruma as Japanese Soldier #4
Hiroshi Mikami as Japanese Soldier #5
Akihiro Masuda as Japanese Soldier #6
Tokuhisa Masuda as Japanese Soldier #7
Takeshi Nagasawa as Japanese Soldier #8
Takashi Odashima as Japanese Soldier #9
Masanori Okada as Japanese Soldier #10
Shoetsu Sato as Japanese Soldier #11
Rintaro Shibata as Japanese Soldier #12
Masamichi Shibasaki as Japanese Soldier #13
Kaname Shimura as Japanese Soldier #14
Kenzo Shirahama as Japanese Soldier #15
Hisao Takeda as Japanese Soldier #16
Hidenobu Togo as Japanese Soldier #17
Atsuo Yamashita as Japanese Soldier #18
Heiwa Yoshihara as Japanese Soldier #19
Takeshi Yū as Japanese Soldier #20
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