The Railway Man — Thailand
British POW Eric Lomax is forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway, tortured by a Japanese officer — and decades later chooses to confront rather than kill his tormentor, finding unexpected reconciliation.
Hellfire Pass (Konyu Cutting) was carved by Allied POWs working at night by torch and firelight — hence the name. Over 12,000 Allied POWs and 90,000 Asian labourers died building the 415km Thai-Burma Railway in 1942-43. Eric Lomax (1919-2012) was a real British signals officer who was tortured at Kanchanaburi. He reconciled with interpreter Nagase Takashi in the 1990s.