The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past. Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, and starring Academy Award-winner Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine, and Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman, the film is a powerful tale of survival, love and redemption.
Composer David Hirschfelder enhances this powerful story with a richly dramatic score.
太平洋戦争当時、日本軍は補給路確保のため、タイとビルマを結ぶ鉄道“泰緬（たいめん）鉄道”の建設に乗り出す。その際、日本の捕虜となった連合軍兵士も建設に動員され、劣悪な環境の中で多くの死者を出すなど“死の鉄道”と呼ばれて戦後に国際的な問題となった。本作は、そんな英国兵捕虜の一人エリック・ローマクスが自らの過酷な捕虜生活と、憎しみの対象であった日本人通訳・永瀬隆との奇跡の再会と和解を綴った自叙伝『泰緬鉄道 癒される時を求めて』を映画化したヒューマン・ドラマ。音楽は「シャイン」、「エリザベス」で２度アカデミー賞音楽賞にノミネートされたデヴィッド・ハーシュフェルダー。
The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past. Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, and starring Academy Award-winner Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine, and Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman, the film is a powerful tale of survival, love and redemption.
Composer David Hirschfelder enhances this powerful story with a richly dramatic score.
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