Good movie, GREAT BOOK!

Rating: 9/10 (17 August 2005)

I saw this film at the Montreal premier last week with my father in law who is a WW II U.S. Navy veteran. During the warm-up, the MC asked if there were any vets in the audience. My f.i.l. raised his hand and was awarded the book on which the film is based (Ghost Soldiers). As he is visually impaired, he gave me the book to read. And read I did! I finished it off by the next day. As I said, it is a good movie, but it is indeed based on a great book and shows the terrible horror the POW's were subjected to. I do recommend to any to go see this film and then after get the book and read the truth about how and what really happened. By the way, Japan never apologized for the maltreatment to the soldiers nor to the civilians tortured during the war.