Empire of the Sun (1987)

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NR | 2 hr 32 mins | Drama, Historical | Released: 1/1/1987 |Box Office Total: $21.9M

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Synopsis:

Semi-autobiographical story of an 11-year-old English boy learning to grow up in a Japanese internment camp during WWII.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1987

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Steven Spielberg	Director
Frank Marshall	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
John Malkovich	Basie
Christian Bale	Jim
Miranda Richardson	Mrs Victor
Nigel Havers	Dr Rawlins
Joe Pantoliano	Frank Demerest
Leslie Phillips	Maxton
Masato Ibu	Sergeant Nagata
Emily Richard	Jim's Mother
Rupert Frazer	Jim's Father
Peter Gale	Mr Victor
Takatoro Kataoka	Kamikaze Boy Pilot
Ben Stiller	Dainty
David Neidorf	Tiptree
Ralph Seymour	Cohen
Robert Stephens	Mr Lockwood
Thai Nai She	Yang
Guts Ishimatsu	Sergeant Uchida
Emma Piper	Amy Matthews
James Walker	Mr Radik
Jack Dearlove	Singing Prisoner
Anna Turner	Mrs Gilmour
Ann Castle	Mrs Phillips
Yvonne Gilan	Mrs Lockwood
Ralph Michael	Mr Partridge
Sybil Maas	Mrs Hug
Eric Flynn	British Prisoner
James Greene	British Prisoner
Simon Harrison	British Prisoner
Barrie Houghton	British Prisoner
Paula Hamilton	British Prisoner
Thea Ranft	British Prisoner
Tony Boncza	British Prisoner
Nigel Leach	British Prisoner
Sheridan Forbes	British Prisoner
Peter Copley	British Prisoner
Barbara Bolton	British Prisoner
Francesca Longriff	British Prisoner
Samantha Warden	British Prisoner
Kieron Jecchinis	American Prisoner
Michael Crossman	American Prisoner
Gary Parker	American Prisoner
Ray Charleson	American Prisoner
Burt Kwouk	Mr Chen
Tom Danaher	Colonel Marshall
Kong-Guo-Jun	Chinese Youth
Takao Yamada	Japanese Truck Driver
Hiro Arai	Japanese Sergeant at Airfield
Paul McGann	Lieutenant Price
Marc DeJonge	Frenchman
Susan Leong	Amah
Nicholas Dastor	Paul
Edith Platten	Paul's Sister
Shirley Chantrell	Chinese Cook at Detention Centre
John Moore	Mr Pym
Ann Queensberry	Mrs Pym
Sylvia Marriott	Mrs Partridge
Frank Duncan	Mrs Hug's Father
Ronald Eng	Mr Chen's Aide
Za Chuan Ce	Shopkeeper
Shi Rui Qing	Shopkeeper
Lu Ye	Merchant
Guo Xue Lian	Merchant
Ge Yan Zhao	Merchant
Production Credits	Credit
Chris Kenny	Associate Producer
Robert W Shapiro	Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg	Producer
Kathleen Kennedy	Producer
Frank Marshall	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Amblin Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
WBI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Shanghai, China
Trebujena, Spain
London, England, United Kingdom
Sunningdale, England, United Kingdom
Knutsford, England, United Kingdom
Writer	Credit
J G Ballard	Source Material (from novel)
Tom Stoppard	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Gerald Fitzsimon	Accountant - location accountant
Val Farmer	Assistant Accountant - production accountant assistant
Michael Smith	Production Accountant - production accountant supervisor
Irena Butcher	Accountant - location accountant
Antonio Garcia	Accountant
Ren Yi Biao	Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Gavin Bocquet	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Norman Reynolds	Production Designer
Brian Bishop	Scenic Artist
Charles Bishop	Art Director - art direction supervisor
Harry Cordwell	Set Decorator
Michael D Ford	Set Decorator
Fred Hole	Art Director - art direction
Cliff Robinson	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
John King	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Maurice Fowler	Art Director - art direction supervisor
Sharon Cartwright	Set Decorator - set decorator assistant
Miguel Chang	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Norman Dorme	Art Director - art direction supervisor
Casting	Credit
Corrine Cartier	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Maggie Cartier	Casting
Mike Fenton	Casting
Jane Feinberg	Casting
Judy Taylor	Casting
Yuriko Matsubara	Casting
Song Ning Qi	Casting
Francisco Garcia	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Michael Roberts	Camera Operator
Robert Raring	Color Timer
Chris Pinnock	Camera - focus puller 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Allen Daviau	Director of Photography
Murray Close	Photography - unit stills
Lee Electric Lighting Ltd	Lighting - lighting equipment
Jimmy Devis	Director of Photography - director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Frank Elliott	Camera - focus puller 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Barry Brown	Camera Operator
John Maskall	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Simon Mills	Camera - clapper loader 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
John R Foster	Camera - clapper loader 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Mike Frift	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Meyer Rubin	Music Contractor
Herbert Spencer	Orchestrations
John McCarthy	Song - song arranger
John Williams	Music
Kenneth Wannberg	Music Editor
Janine Wagner	Music Conductor - choral conductor
Ambrosian Junior Choir	Song Performer
EMI Records Ltd	Song - song publisher
John McCarthy	Music Conductor - conductor
James Rainbird	Song Performer
Shawn Murphy	Music - music scoring mixer
Elizabeth Welch	Song Performer
Al Bowly	Song Performer
Mayfair Orchestra	Song Performer
Ronnie Munro	Song Performer
Jack Hylton	Song Performer
Physical Effects	Credit
Vic Armstrong	Stunt Coordinator
Keith Harvey	Stunt Man
Dickey Beer	Stunts
Michael Durran	Stunt Man
Wendy Leech	Stunts
Wayne David Michaels	Stunts
Nick Gillard	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Margaret Adams	Production Coordinator
Nikki Clapp	Script Supervisor
Ted Morley	Production Manager
Paul Tivers	Unit Manager
David Tomblin	Assistant Director
Paul Shersby	Location Manager
Arthur Repola	Post-Production Supervisor
Melissa Tynan-Lagorio	Post-Production Coordinator
Annie Wotton	Script Supervisor - script supervisor 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Jennie Raglan	Production Coordinator
Roy Button	Assistant Director
Paul Frift	Location Manager
Shen Jian Hua	Production Manager
Terry Needham	Unit Manager
Jose Luis Escolar	Location Manager
Patrick Kinney	Assistant Director
Diego Gomez Sempere	Production Manager
Trilb Norton	Production Coordinator
Margarita McDermott	Production Coordinator
Ken Shane	Assistant Director
Kieron Phipps	Assistant Director
Tim Lewis	Assistant Director
Steven Harding	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Javier Chinchilla	Assistant Director
Juan Esterlich	Assistant Director
Ignacio Vallejo-Najera	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Bibiana Gonzalez-Gordon	Publicity - publicist assistant
Ann Tasker	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Colin Charles	Sound Mixer
Charles L Campbell	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Allan Bromberg	Foley Editor
Gary Weir	Boom Operator
John Pitt	Sound - sound maintenance
Larry Singer	ADR Editor - ADR editor supervisor
Dan O'Connell	Foley
John Samworth	Boom Operator
Kevin Bartnof	Foley
Lou Edemann	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Shep Dawe	Sound - sound maintenance
Lenny Geschke	Foley Editor
Bobbe P Kurtz	ADR Editor
Tony Dawe	Sound Mixer
Robert Knudson	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Larry Carow	Sound Editor
Alan Nineberg	ADR Editor
Lucy Coldsnow	Sound Editor
Don Digirolamo	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
John S Boyd	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
James J Isaacs	Sound Editor
Chuck Neely	Sound Editor
Rodger Sword	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
David Watkins Sr	Effects Supervisor
Kit West	Special Effects Supervisor
Wang Yong Qiu	Special Effects - special effects technician
Antonio Parra	Special Effects - special effects chief
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Vera Mitchell	Hairdresser - hairdresser supervisor
Patrick Wheatley	Wardrobe Supervisor
Lynda Armstrong	Makeup
Paul Engelen	Makeup Supervisor
Kenny Crouch	Wardrobe - wardrobe master
Colette Koo	Wardrobe Assistant
Bob Ringwood	Costume Designer
Andres Fernandez	Wardrobe Assistant
Betty Glasow	Hairdresser
Daniel Parker	Makeup
Agustine Jimenez Del Campo	Wardrobe Assistant

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