Empire of the Sun  (1987)  إمبراطورية الشمس

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  • 152 minutes
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    • PG

The story of Jamie "Jim" Graham, a young boy who goes from living in a wealthy British family in Shanghai, to becoming a prisoner of war in Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, a Japanese internment...Read more camp, during World War II.

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The story of Jamie "Jim" Graham, a young boy who goes from living in a wealthy British family in Shanghai, to becoming a prisoner of war in Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, a...Read more Japanese internment camp, during World War II.

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  • Eric Flynn, who plays a British POW, was actually a POW as a child in a Japanese camp.

  • David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) originally wanted to direct the film.

  • Over 5,000 local extras were used, some old enough to remember the Japanese occupation of Shanghai...Read more 40 years earlier. Members of the People's Liberation Army played Japanese soldiers.
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