Internees of Kampili (1960)
In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied women and children interned in camp Kampili. Kampili is located some ten kilometers outside Macassar on the island of Celebes. Eighteen-hundred Allied women and children were interned for the duration of the war. Yamaji's iron rule for camp administration is : No violence; hands off internees; He also endeavors to establish self-administration by internees while aiming at a self-supporting camp economy within six months. His ingenuity gains the camp numerous pigs to enrich their diet, and sewing machines with to make fatigue uniforms for the military. The internees are grateful for what little aid he can give them. As the tides of war changes, Allied planes bomb the camp in error. But the surrender of Japan changes everything, and the internees join forces to save their former camp commander from the gallows.
Director:
Manao Horiuchi
Writer:
Katsuhito Inomata
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Minoru Ōki as Tadashi Yamaji |
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Naoki Sugiura as Commander Akihara |
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Shinji Takano as Lieutenant Ohta |
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Keiko Kuni as Chiyoko |
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Kinzō Shin as Lawyer Takakuwa |
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Kyū Sazanka as Commander Matsushita |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Yoshito Yamaji as |
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Ryōhei Uchida as |
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Chishū Ryū as Vice-Admiral Shibata |
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Lea Smith as Mrs. Russell |
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Elise Richter as Mrs. Doorn |
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Jere Cosby as Mrs. Joustra |
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Judith Binns as Miss Marietta |
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Virgil Harton as Foreign public prosecutor |
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Barbara Wilson as Governor's Wife |
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Harold Conway as Foreign presiding judge |
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Hideaki Nagai as |
| Directing | Manao Horiuchi | Director |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Masao Kikuchi | Original Story |
| Writing | Katsuhito Inomata | Screenplay |