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4.9/10   407 votes
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Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers (WGA):
Joan Blair (book) and
Clay Blair Jr. (book) ...
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Release Date:
13 July 1989 (West Germany) more
Genre:
War | Drama more
Plot:
A group of war prisoners from the Kwai bridge building camp undertake a harsh journey to Japan. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Shameful waste of cinema resources more (11 total)

Cast

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Nick Tate ... Cmdr.Hunt

Timothy Bottoms ... Seaman Miller

George Takei ... Lt. Tanaka
Edward Fox ... Maj. Benford
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Alexander Blaise ... Exec. Officer Clancy (as Blaise Alexandre)
Simplicio Cahilig ... Old Vietnamese Man
Michael Dante ... Cmdr. Davidson
Patricia Edmondson ... Lady in Saigon
Denholm Elliott ... Col. Grayson
Richard Graham ... Sgt. Perry
Jimmy Guerrero ... Japanese Businessman
Paul Holm ... Benford's Patient
Ryusuke Inoue ... Japanese Boy
Sachiko Inoue ... Japanese Mother
Koji Kato ... Japanese Soldier
Motoko Kobayashi ... Japanese Soldier

Michael Kostroff ... Radioman In Submarine
Ronnie Lazaro ... Boonrod
Sheila McLaglen ... Lady in Saigon
Lolita Mirpuri ... Lady in Saigon
Masato Nagamori ... Lt. Yamashita
Tatsuya Nakadai ... Maj. Harada

Chris Penn ... Lt. Crawford (as Christopher Penn)
Kashinobu Shibata ... Japanese Soldier
Etsushi Takahashi ... Capt. Ozawa
Andres Tepongco ... Anon
Anna Maria Tirol ... Meo Girl
Masachi Tomori ... Japanese Soldier
Pierre Valderon ... Frenchman in Saigon
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Runtime:
101 min | Spain:97 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | West Germany:12 (f) (cut version) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Malaysia more
Company:
Roadshow Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film was not released in the USA in cinemas because of legal reasons. more
Movie Connections:
Follows The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) more

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5 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Shameful waste of cinema resources, 17 August 2002
1/10
Author: rayxt from London

Good money and talent squandered in badly scripted, acted and directed action. To even call this nonsense anything to do with the 'River Kwai' shames the original film and dishonors the memory of the atrocities which occured trying to build the ill-fated Burma Railway.

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