10 The Railway Man Wednesday, 9:28:27 PM | (Age Not Specified).8 The Railway Man Thursday, 10:26:56 AM | (age group: 50 or over.) | MĬolin firth was amazing.And why it is so hard for them once they come back home. Very good movie, gives you a feeling of what a lot of men of war had to go through. 9 The Railway Man Saturday, J4:08:44 PM | (Age Not Specified).9 The Railway Man Wednesday, Aug6:09:47 PM | (Age Not Specified)Ĭhris Brown's first foray into film production is every bit as challenging and thought-provoking as the music he makes.
10 The Railway Man Sunday, Aug11:27:49 PM | (Age Not Specified).9 The Railway Man Saturday, Febru1:04:29 PM | (Age Not Specified)ĭon't know why this film didn't get a mention at the Oscars.The epilogue relates that Nagase and Eric remained friends until their deaths in 20, respectively. He meets up with Nagase once again, and in an emotional scene, after exchanging and accepting each other's apologies, the two make peace. After an indefinite period of time, Lomax returns, with Patricia, to Thailand. Lomax finally frees Nagase, throws his knife into the nearby river, and finally at peace with himself, returns to Britain. Nagase soon reveals that the Japanese (including himself) were brainwashed into thinking the war would be a victorious one for them, and that he never knew the high casualties caused by the Imperial Japanese Army. Lomax threatens to cut Nagase's throat and finally pushes him into a bamboo cage, of the kind in which Lomax and many other POWs had been placed as punishment. Out of guilt, Nagase does not resist, but Lomax redirects the blow at the last moment. The situation builds up to the point where Lomax prepares to smash Nagase's arm, using a club and a clamp designed by the Japanese for that purpose and now used as war exhibits.
When he finally confronts his former captor, Lomax first questions him in the same way Nagase and his men had interrogated him years before.
Lomax travels alone to Thailand and returns to the scene of his torture to confront Nagase 'in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate'. Before Lomax can act on this information, Finlay, unable to handle his memories of his experiences, commits suicide by hanging himself from a bridge. His best friend and fellow ex-POW Finlay brings him evidence that one of their captors, Japanese secret police officer Takashi Nagase, is now working as a tourist guide in the very camp where he and his men once tortured British POWs, having escaped prosecution for his war crimes. Some 30 years later, Lomax is still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, though strongly supported by his wife Patricia. Lomax and his surviving comrades are finally rescued by the British Army. In fact, however, his only intention had been to use the device as a morale booster for himself and his fellow prisoner-slaves.
Apparently, he had fallen under suspicion of being a spy, for supposedly using the British news broadcast receiver as a transmitter of military intelligence. The torture depicted includes beatings, food deprivation and waterboarding. During his time in the camp as one of the Far East prisoners of war, Lomax is tortured by the Kempeitai (military secret police) for building a radio receiver from spare parts.
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