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Sign In. Edit Empire of the Sun Jim John Malkovich Basie Miranda Richardson Victor Nigel Havers Rawlins Joe Pantoliano Frank Demarest Leslie Phillips Nagata as Masato Ibu Emily Richard Jim's Mother Rupert Frazer Jim's Father Peter Gale Dainty David Neidorf Tiptree Ralph Seymour

Just because the movie is good looking and directed by one of the best movie directors of all time doesn't automatically mean that the movie itself is good as well. United States.

Sign In. Empire of the Sun Hide Spoilers. I had put off watching this until recently, I do not know why, I had not read reviews and for some reason imagined it to be a movie about a young Japanese prince!! I was captivated by the performance of Christian Bale as a privileged young boy named Jim Graham, growing up in Shanghai, very far removed from the poverty and despair all around him. When war breaks out, this changes him forever and hence the story. After some harrowing experiences he winds up in a prisoner of war camp where he befriends some interesting characters and quickly adapts to a life of conniving and subterfuge to survive.

Day and night, the boy dreams of flying. He knows the names of all the airplanes and can spot them by their silhouettes. When they fly overhead in Shanghai in the last days before World War II breaks out, they may be an ominous omen for his parents, but for him they are wondrous machines, free of gravity, free to soar. The boy's parents are wealthy British citizens who enjoy a life of great luxury in Shanghai, a life in which limousines hurry them through the crowded streets to business meetings and masquerade balls and they hardly need notice the ordinary people in those streets. Sometimes the Chinese press too close to the car, sometimes they hold up traffic, but mostly they are simply invisible - until war breaks out, and the boy's whole world is shattered. The most agonizing moment in Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" comes near the beginning as the streets of Shanghai are filled with a panic-stricken mob and he is separated from his parents as they flee to sanctuary. One moment his mother has him by the hand, and the next moment he has dropped his toy airplane and stooped to pick it up and they are separated by 5, frightened people, never to see each other again until the war is over. The boy is lost, left behind and finally placed in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

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It is my favorite film of all time and will continue to be an inspiration to me as a performer and as a person. Sign In. Hug's Father Ronald Eng Expand below. Yet the irony doesn't escape me that it is sort of a minor work for the director, working on a huge canvas of locales, extras, and actors both Western and Eastern. Steven Spielberg. Later on Bale is rounded up and taken to an internment camp next to an airfield. Leslie Phillips Maxton. Related news. Singing Prisoner Anna Turner Add demo reel with IMDbPro. I recommend this film to anyone who hasn't seen it. Rupert Frazer Jim's Father. Ralph Michael Mr. At least John Malkovich is cool.

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British Prisoner Sheridan Forbes Once everything has happened away from where we are, and the Japanese have formally invaded this territory given their entry into the war, Jamie is separated from his parents in a street-set panic so returns to his home for a series of scenes shot as if the apocalypse has just happened or a nationwide epidemic has occurred forcing isolation and hiding. Burt Kwouk Mr. Empire of the Sun is masterfully directed, cinematography, music and acting are phenomenal! His other movies pale in comparison to this one. The story is a good deal less interesting than I first took it to be. It would be exceedingly foolish of one to not watch it. Guest at Masquerade Party uncredited. New Customer? A masterpiece in every sense of the word Ben Lankester 3 January Following the trials and tribulations of a child from an affluent family separated from his parents in China after the Japanese invasion. But despite its length "Empire of the Sun" does more than enough to maintain your interest with compelling performances, amazing visuals, and of course John Williams' award winning score. We feel great empathy for these fellow human beings despite the fact that they are the enemy. And a very, very young Christian Bale? The story of an atheist who dreams about God playing tennis, while the boy grows up in China during the Japanese occupation