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King rat takes us to changi, a japanese prison camp during world war 2, where british and american soldiers are held in dire conditions. The horrors of these camps are well documented and in forbes adaptation of the book little is left to our imagination. King rat is a 1962 novel by james clavell and the authors literary debut. King rat 1965 1027 tt0059358 usa english, malay, japanese 4 min nominated for 2 oscars.
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With george segal, tom courtenay, james fox, patrick oneal. The stage is a japanese prisoner of war camp where allied officers are forced to literally eat dirt. Set during world war ii, the novel describes the struggle for survival of american, australian, british, dutch, and new zealander prisoners of war in a japanese camp in singapore. The novel is set in the japaneserun changi prison camp, located deep in the jungle on singapore island, during the months leading up to the japanese surrender and the end of the war. King rat reveals sauls mother was secretly a rat and that he belongs underneath london, in a dark and magical place among the rats.
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