The Camp on Blood Island

"This is not just a story - it is based on brutal truth"

Jun 11 1958 Approved 1h 22m
Action, Drama, History

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.

Plot

Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder them all when he learns of his country's defeat, Dutch, a Dutch planter, smashes the camp radio. British officer Lambert and, in the women's prison, the recently-widowed Kate, join Dutch in arming the prisoners.

Written by

Jon Manchip White, Val Guest

Directed by

Val Guest

Cast

André Morell, Carl Möhner, Walter Fitzgerald

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, Hammer Film Productions

Languages

Latin, English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
The Camp on Blood Island (1958) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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