This British film is based on a true story, depicting the process of bringing a group of British and American prisoners of war to Burma to build the Death Railway after the Japanese army captured Singapore in World War II
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In addition to being brutally abused by the Japanese army, the audience can see the tragic experiences of the captives, such as starvation and suffering, injuries and illnesses, and so on. Maintain the will and hope of survival in the environment, and watch one by one comrades leave the world until the war ends. A young Scottish officer, Lieutenant Ernest Gordon, was captured by the Japanese in a battle. Together with Major Campbell and others, he was forced to become the emperor's slaves to build a railway from Thailand to Burma. In the prison camps, they endured brutal torture, but they also forged a strong friendship in the days when life was worse than death. Ernest set up a "jungle university" in the concentration camp to unite the prisoners of war firmly. The brutality of the Japanese army made them intolerable, and Major Campbell finally decided to implement an escape plan, but the failure of the plan made his comrades who had been deeply conflicted with him sacrifice himself to save his life.
