"Empire of the Sun" is a war movie directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Christian Bell, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson and others. The film tells the story of a young boy, Jim, who was accidentally arrested into a concentration camp after the Japanese army invaded Shanghai in 1941, and grew from an immature and innocent child to a stoic boy.
Jim was born in the home of a British businessman in Shanghai. He lived a life of worry-free food and clothing since he was a child. Jim has a wish to become a fighter pilot and fly to the sky with his beloved fighter plane. World War II broke out and the Japanese army occupied Shanghai. Although Jim Separated from his family, he was sent to a Japanese concentration camp, but here he saw the long-awaited "Zero" fighter. More than three years of life in the concentration camp made the former naive Jim a bit more mature, and not only learned to "for The truth of the concentration camp is that you can do anything with food, and your dealings with people have become much smoother than before, so that even the Japanese army sergeant looked at him differently, so Jim accompanied his dream of flying through the most difficult of the concentration camp. Days, finally reunited with his parents who loved him deeply after the war
Children are ignorant of wars between nations, but wars do more harm to children than adults. The lack of self-protection ability makes children's body and mind more vulnerable to destruction. However, this film that describes wars and troubled times from the perspective of children is destined to give us a warm ending, even though the process is so difficult.
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