Empire of the Sun (1987)

7.4	Listal rating
7.7	IMDB rating

Drama (12), War (10), WWII (5), Japan (4), 1980s (4), China (2), Prison (2), (2), Historical (2), Atom Bomb (2), Coming Of Age (2), 1987 (2), Race Relations (1), Author J.G.Ballard (1), Coin (1), Chinese (1), World War II (1), Asia (1), Not Read (1), Box Office Flop (1)

Description

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 ... (more)

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring (View all) :

Jim 'Jamie' Graham

Basie

Mrs. Victor

Dr. Rawlins

Frank Demarest

Maxton

Sgt. Nagata

Mary Graham, Jim's mother

Rupert Frazer

John Graham, Jim's father

Peter Gale

Mr. Victor

Written by (View all) :

J.G. Ballard

Tom Stoppard

(writer)

Videos


	Empire of the Sun - Trailer

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