2 real historical locations · China
Steven Spielberg's adaptation of J.G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical novel follows a young British boy separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1941. Interned in a Japanese POW camp, he navigates childhood amid the collapse of the colonial world he was born into.
CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning China.
The Japanese invasion of Shanghai, 1941. A young British boy is separated from his family during the chaos.
Japan occupied the International Settlement of Shanghai on December 8, 1941 — the day after Pearl Harbor. Around 8,000 British and Allied civilians were interned in camps across the city and surrounding area.
View location →The civilian internment camp south of Shanghai where Jim spends most of the war years.
Lunghua Camp held approximately 2,000 Allied civilians from 1943-1945. Author J.G. Ballard, on whose memoir the film is based, was interned there as a child. Conditions deteriorated sharply in the final year as Japane...
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