A true story about four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World War II while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Ultimately they find true freedom by forgiving their enemies. Based on the true story of Ernest Gordon.
6 November 1962, Mississippi, USA
September 28, 1959 in London, England, UK
24 May 1948, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
21 December 1966, Paddington, London, England, UK
5 August 1963, London, England, UK
16 February 1975, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
July 21, 1959 in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
1975, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK
8 June 1973, Shiga, Japan
6 April 1977, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
16 August 1976, Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
21 March 1968, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
1940, Australia
1947, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
2 June 1960, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
