Decades after WorldWar II -A former Prisoner of War who had been captured by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to a Japanese POW camp, falls in love and sees a bizarre coincidence bring his past back to the forefront and into focus

Stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth

Lomax is forced to workon the Thai-Burma Railway north of the Malay Peninsula. During his time at the camp as one of the Far East prisoners of war, Lomax is tortured by the Kempeitai (military secret police) for building a radio receiver from spare parts.

A former British army officer and POW Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), discovers that the Japanese interpreter who tortured him is still alive.

He and his new wife (Nicole Kidman) set out to confront the man who caused him so much pain.