A War Story (1981)

Directed by

Anne Wheeler

Genre

war film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A daughter makes a film about her father's experience as a prisoner of war under the Japanese in World War Two. It also includes scenes showing the Japanese soldiers' own perspective and their harsh treatment of captives.

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What happens

A War Story is a 1981 Canadian docudrama produced, written, and directed by Anne Wheeler. It tells the story of her father Major Ben Wheeler when he was captured by the Japanese during the Second World War. The film also shows the Japanese perspective as it shows the harsh, inhuman treatment of the POWs. During that time, A Japanese soldier would kill himself before allowing himself to be taken prisoner. This cultural difference caused the Japanese to look at captured soldiers as having no honour. At the end of the film, as the Americans arrived to liberate the camps, many of the Japanese guards at the camp committed suicide rather than become prisoners. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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