Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Ciarán McMenamin
as Capt. Ernest Gordon
Robert Carlyle
as Major Ian Campbell
Kiefer Sutherland
as Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon
Mark Strong
as Dusty Miller
佐生有語
as Takashi Nagase
木村栄
as Sgt. Ito
James Cosmo
as Col. Stuart McLean
油井昌由樹
as Captain Noguchi
John Gregg
as Camp Doctor Coates
中嶋しゅう
as Nagatomo
Pip Torrens
as Lt. Foxworth
James McCarthy
as Norman
