L'impero del sole (1987)
L'undicenne Jim vive negli agi della colonia inglese di Shanghai. Il suo passatempo preferito è la costruzione di aerei giocattolo. Quando, nel 1941, i giapponesi invadono la città, nella confusione della fuga, Jim viene separato dai suoi genitori. Aggirandosi per le strade di Shanghai, il ragazzo finisce per essere arrestato dagli invasori e chiuso in un campo di concentramento con stranieri di ogni nazionalità. Qui Jim vive gli anni difficili del passaggio dall’infanzia all’adolescenza: suoi modelli sono lo scaltro Basie, ma anche il coraggioso dottor Rawlins. Con fantasia e furbizia, tra sofferenze e gioco, riesce a superare le prove di questa esperienza; riesce perfino a stabilire un’amicizia, più o meno a distanza, con un ragazzino giapponese.
Direttore:
Steven Spielberg
Scrittori:
Menno Meyjes, Tom Stoppard.
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Christian Bale as Jim |
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John Malkovich as Basie |
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Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Victor |
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Nigel Havers as Dr. Rawlins |
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Joe Pantoliano as Frank Demarest |
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Leslie Phillips as Maxton |
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Masatō Ibu as Sgt. Nagata |
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Emily Richard as Jim's Mother |
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Rupert Frazer as Jim's Father |
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Peter Gale as Mr. Victor |
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片岡孝太郎 as Kamikaze Boy Pilot |
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Ben Stiller as Dainty |
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David Neidorf as Tiptree |
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Ralph Seymour as Cohen |
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Robert Stephens as Mr. Lockwood |
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Zhai Naishe as Yang |
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ガッツ石松 as Sgt. Uchida |
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Emma Piper as Amy Matthews |
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James Walker as Mr. Radik |
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Jack Dearlove as Singing Prisoner |
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Anna Turner as Mrs. Gilmour |
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Ann Castle as Mrs. Phillips |
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Yvonne Gilan as Mrs. Lockwood |
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Ralph Michael as Mr. Partridge |
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Sybil Maas as Mrs. Hug |
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Eric Flynn as British Prisoner |
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James Greene as British Prisoner |
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Simon Harrison as British Prisoner |
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Barrie Houghton as British Prisoner |
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Paula Hamilton as British Prisoner |
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Thea Ranft as British Prisoner |
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Tony Boncza as British Prisoner |
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Nigel Leach as British Prisoner |
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Sheridan Forbes as British Prisoner |
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Peter Copley as British Prisoner |
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Barbara Bolton as British Prisoner |
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Francesca Longrigg as British Prisoner |
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Samantha Warden as British Prisoner |
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Burt Kwouk as Mr. Chen |
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Tom Danaher as Colonel Marshall |
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Paul McGann as Lieutenant Price |
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Marc de Jonge as Frenchman |
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John Moore as Mr. Pym |
| Production | Robert Shapiro | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Michael Kahn | Editor |
| Writing | Menno Meyjes | Screenplay |
| Production | Steven Spielberg | Producer |
| Writing | J.G. Ballard | Novel |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Producer |
| Camera | Allen Daviau | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Production | Kathleen Kennedy | Producer |
| Writing | Tom Stoppard | Screenplay |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Steve Harding | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nik Korda | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ken Shane | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roy Button | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | David Tomblin | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Juan Estelrich Revesz | Second Unit |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graham Churchyard | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Ringwood | Costume Design |
| Crew | Vic Armstrong | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Norman Reynolds | Production Design |
| Sound | Alan L. Nineberg | ADR Editor |
| Directing | Tim Lewis | Third Assistant Director |
| Sound | Alexander Courage | Orchestrator |
| Art | Charles Bishop | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Fred Hole | Art Direction |
| Art | Harry Cordwell | Set Decoration |
| Art | Gavin Bocquet | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Miguel Chang | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Cliff Robinson | Assistant Art Director |
