Overview

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.

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Cast

Ciarán McMenamin

Capt. Ernest Gordon

Robert Carlyle

Major Ian Campbell

Kiefer Sutherland

Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon

Mark Strong

Dusty Miller

Yugo Saso

Takashi Nagase

Sakae Kimura

Sgt. Ito

James Cosmo

Col. Stuart McLean

Masayuki Yui

Captain Noguchi

John Gregg

Camp Doctor Coates

Shû Nakajima

Nagatomo

Pip Torrens

Lt. Foxworth

Brendan Cowell

Pte. Wallace Hamilton