During World War II, British soldier Eric Lomaxwas captured by the Japanese army and forced to work as a laborer on the Thai-Burma Railway. Lomax, who was a signal soldier, secretly assembled a radio to listen to the information of the outside world-Japan could not stand it any longer, and the dawn was ahead. A little bit of news became food for the spirits of all captured comrades, but everything was eventually exposed. The Japanese soldiers took turns torturing Lomax with all kinds of unimaginable cruel methods. He could not escape from the shadows in his life, even if his wife Patricia Wallaceon the side
. Thirty years after the war, he learned that Takashi Nagase, a Japanese translator who had tortured him, was still alive. He decided to meet this man, not for revenge, but for the past. Reconciliation
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The Railway Man movie plot
2022-01-11 08:01
Extended Reading
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Lexus 2022-03-17 09:01:06
After watching this kind of story, it is more insensible, but obviously our perspective is still very different from them~
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Tania 2022-01-11 08:01:29
The first half is like a psychological or even suspenseful film, with music and photography constantly rendering, but in the second half, the protagonist’s psychological transformation is simple.
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[last lines]
Eric: [handing him a letter] Dear Mr. Nagase, the war has been over for many years. I have suffered much, but I know you have suffered, too. And you have been most courageous, and brave in working for reconciliation. While I cannot forget what happened in Kanchanaburi, I assure you of my total forgiveness. Sometime the hating has to stop.
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Eric: Don't move.
Patti: Why not?
Eric: Because I'm looking at you.