A War Story (1981)
1h 22m
Running Time
November 8, 1981Release Date
A War Story (1981)
1h 22m
Running Time
November 8, 1981Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
A Canadian doctor interned at a Japanese POW Camp during WWII must tend to his fellow British prisoners who are being worked to death in a mine.
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Cast & Crew.

Donald Sutherland
Narrator (voice)

David Edney
Ben Wheeler

Frank C. Turner
Peter Seed

Ron Orieux
Cinematography

Anne Wheeler
Writer / Director

Ben Wheeler
Writer

Doug Bagot
Medical Orderly

Donaleen Saul
Art Direction

Robert Nichol
Director of Photography

Dean Stoker
Prisoner of War

Maurice Marshall
Composer
Details.
Release DateNovember 8, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingNR
Budget$274,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
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.
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