Download Empire of the Sun
(drama, war)
An aristocratic British youth is seperated from his family at the start of World War II after the Japanese Army invades British controlled areas of China. Reduced to living on the street and fighting for food, the youth is eventually interned in a Japanese POW camp for British civilians. Here, admiration quickly develops both for captured American pilots and the Japanese themselves. When the war ends, the boy torn from everything he knew attempts to again find his parents..
actors:
| Christian Bale | as Jim 'Jamie' Graham |
| John Malkovich | as Basie |
| Miranda Richardson | as Mrs. Victor |
| Nigel Havers | as Dr. Rawlins |
| Joe Pantoliano | as Frank Demarest |
| Leslie Phillips | as Maxton |
| Masat?? Ibu | as Sgt. Nagata |
| Emily Richard | as Jim's mother Mary Graham |
| Rupert Frazer | as Jim's father John Graham |
| Peter Gale | as Mr. Victor |
| Takatoro Kataoka | as Kamikaze Boy Pilot |
| Ben Stiller | as Dainty |
| David Neidorf | as Tiptree |
| Ralph Seymour | as Cohen |
| Robert Stephens | as Mr. Lockwood |
Steven Spielberg
rating:7.50
See also: Drama: City of Ghosts
See also: Christian Bale in Equilibrium