4 real historical locations · 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 4 real historical locations 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...
View location →A Japanese POW camp in occupied Java where British officer Jack Celliers clashes with and fascinates camp commander Yonoi, their cultural collision driving t...
Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies from March 1942. Java held thousands of Allied POWs under brutal conditions. The film is based on Laurens van der Post's 1963 novel.
View location →The colonial capital falls to Japanese forces in March 1942. Dutch and British prisoners are processed here before transport to inland camps across Java.
Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies. It was renamed Djakarta by the Japanese occupation government and later became Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.
View location →Another site of Japanese POW camps in the eastern archipelago where Allied prisoners endure the clash between Japanese Bushido culture and Western values dep...
Ambon Island saw the execution of Australian and Dutch POWs after the fall of the Dutch East Indies. War crimes trials were held here after Japan's surrender.
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