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TI  - Empire of the sun
AV  - PN1997 .E46 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Burbank, Calif., Warner Bros.Entertainment
KW  - Ballard, J. G.,
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Boys
KW  - Films for the hearing impaired
KW  - Drama
KW  - Shanghai
KW  - China
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - Children
N1  - Originally released as a motion picture in 1987; Based on the novel by J.G. Ballard; Special features: Behind the scenes documentary The China odyssey: Empire of the sun, a film by Steven Spielberg; theatrical trailer; Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams; Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers; MPAA rating: PG ; CHV rating: PG
N2  - The story of a British boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him
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