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The Camp on Blood Island
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The Camp on Blood Island

1958-04-15 · 81 min · ★ 6.7

War · Thriller · Drama

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.

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Directors
Val Guest
Production companies
Hammer Film Productions
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

André MorellAndré MorellCol. Lambert
Carl MöhnerCarl MöhnerPiet Van Elst
Walter FitzgeraldWalter FitzgeraldCyril Beattie
Edward UnderdownEdward UnderdownMajor Dawes
Phil BrownPhil BrownLt. Peter Bellamy
Barbara ShelleyBarbara ShelleyKate Keiller
Michael GoodliffeMichael GoodliffeFather Paul Anjou
Michael GwynnMichael GwynnTom Shields
Ronald RaddRonald RaddCommander Yamaitsu
Marne MaitlandMarne MaitlandCaptain Sakamura
Richard WordsworthRichard WordsworthDr. Robert Keiller
Mary MerrallMary MerrallMrs. Helen Beattie
Edwin RichfieldEdwin RichfieldSergeant-Major
Wolfe MorrisInterpreter
Michael RipperMichael RipperJapanese driver
Lee MontagueLee MontagueJapanese Soldier
Barry LoweCpl. Betts
Max ButterfieldCpl. Hallam
Liliane SottaneMala
Peter Forbes-RobertsonPeter Forbes-RobertsonLt. Thornton (as Peter Wayn)

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