Still from Empire of the Sun. [Photo/IC]

Empire of the Sun (1987)

The film tells the story of how a British boy, Jamie Graham, survived under Japanese occupation in the Far East and Pacific Front.

Graham was part of a wealthy British family in Shanghai but became a prisoner of war in an internment camp after the Japanese invasion of Shanghai on Dec 8, 1941.

Amid the sickness and food shortages of the camp, Graham attempted to reconstruct his former life and at the same time bring spirit and dignity to those around him.