1 real historical location · Indonesia
David Bowie and Tom Conti in Nagisa Oshima's haunting film set in a Japanese POW camp in Java in 1942. An intense psychological power struggle between a British prisoner and a Japanese officer, exploring the clash between two cultures that cannot understand each other.
CinemaMapped has mapped 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning Indonesia.
A Japanese POW camp on Java — the clash of cultures between British POW Major Celliers and camp commandant Captain Yonoi.
Japan's occupation of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) began in March 1942 after the Dutch colonial forces surrendered. Of 80,000 Allied POWs held across the region, approximately 27% died — compared to 4% in Ger...
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