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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Ciarán McMenamin
Capt. Ernest Gordon

Robert Carlyle
Major Ian Campbell

Kiefer Sutherland
Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon

Mark Strong
Dusty Miller

Yugo Saso
Takashi Nagase
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Sakae Kimura
Sgt. Ito

James Cosmo
Col. Stuart McLean

Masayuki Yui
Captain Noguchi

John Gregg
Camp Doctor Coates
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