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The railway man, The Weinstein Company ; Screen Australia ; in association with Silver Reel, Screen Queensland, Creative Scotland, Screen NSW and Lionsgate UK ; an Andy Paterson, Pictures in Paradise, Trinifold production ; in association with Davis Film and Latitude Media ; screenplay by Frank Cottrel Boyce and Andy Paterson ; produced by Andy Paterson, Chris Brown, Bill Curbishley ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky

eng

videorecording

MPAA rating: R, for disturbing prisoner of war violence

The railway man

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The Weinstein Company ; Screen Australia ; in association with Silver Reel, Screen Queensland, Creative Scotland, Screen NSW and Lionsgate UK ; an Andy Paterson, Pictures in Paradise, Trinifold production ; in association with Davis Film and Latitude Media ; screenplay by Frank Cottrel Boyce and Andy Paterson ; produced by Andy Paterson, Chris Brown, Bill Curbishley ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky

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The true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor, Japanese officer Takashi Nagase, from the prison camp, in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate

adult

live action