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A War Story

In a Japanese POW camp during World War II, a Canadian doctor faces the daunting task of caring for his exhausted and dying British comrades, who are brutally exploited in a mine.

Major Ben Wheeler, a Canadian doctor, was taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942 and sent to the notorious Kinkaseki POW mining camp in Formosa (Taiwan). He kept detailed diaries of his experiences, which are narrated with dramatized scenes of daily life.

Info about A War Story

Studio(s): ONF | NFB

Originally Released: United States, Nov 08, 1981

Production Country: Canada

Genres:Drama, War