A true story about four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World War II while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Ultimately they find true freedom by forgiving their enemies. Based on the true story of Ernest Gordon.
2001
HD
108min
R
United Kingdom
English
David L. Cunningham
James Cosmo
Yugo Saso
Sakae Kimura
Kiefer Sutherland
Ciarán McMenamin
Robert Carlyle
Mark Strong
Masayuki Yui
Shû Nakajima
japan
jungle
teacher
scotland
freight train
traitor
bushido
corporal punishment
railway car
