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Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean NegulescoDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claudette ColbertAgnes Newton Keith
- Patric KnowlesHarry Keith
- Florence DesmondBetty Sommers
- Sessue HayakawaColonel Michio Suga
- Sylvia AndrewHenrietta
- Mark KeuningGeorge Keith
- Phyllis MorrisSister Rose
- Howard ChumanLieutenant Nekata
- Patrick WhyteEnglishman
- Jerry FujikawaJapanese Soldier
- Lee MacGregorSailor
- John BurtonElderly Resident (uncredited)
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Themes
world war iiprisoner of warbased on true storyborneojapanese occupationwar effortinternment campwoman in perilprisoner of war camp