Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- war crimes
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- pacific war
- court martial
- prison camp
- meditative
- 1940s
- java
- indonesia
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jack Thompson — Hicksley
- Johnny Ohkura — Kanemoto
- Alistair Browning — De Jong
- James Malcolm — Celliers' Brother
- Chris Broun — Celliers (12 Years)
- Yuya Uchida — Commandant of Military Prison
- Ryūnosuke Kaneda — President of the Court
- Takashi Naito — Lieutenant Iwata
- Tamio Ishikura — Prosecutor
- Rokkō Toura — Interpreter
- Kan Mikami — Lieutenant Itō
- Directed
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Written
- Paul Mayersberg, Nagisa Ōshima
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 536 ratings
- Studio
- Recorded Picture Company, National Film Trustee Company, Antares-Nova, Oshima Productions, Broadbank Investments, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
If this stayed with you
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