Internees of Kampili

Internees of Kampili (1960) is a drama film directed by Manao Horiuchi.

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied women and children interned in camp Kampili. Kampili is located some ten kilometers outside Macassar on the island of Celebes. Eighteen-hundred Allied women and children were interned for the duration of the war. Yamaji's iron rule for camp administration is : No violence; hands off internees; He also endeavors to establish self-administration by internees while aiming at a self-supporting camp economy within six months. His ingenuity gains the camp numerous pigs to enrich their diet, and sewing machines with to make fatigue uniforms for the military. The internees are grateful for what little aid he can give them. As the tides of war changes, Allied planes bomb the camp in error. But the surrender of Japan changes everything, and the internees join forces to save their former camp commander from the gallows.

Cast

Minoru Ōki

Tadashi Yamaji

Naoki Sugiura

Commander Akihara

Shinji Takano

Lieutenant Ohta

Keiko Kuni

Chiyoko

Kinzō Shin

Lawyer Takakuwa

Kyū Sazanka

Commander Matsushita

Taiji Tonoyama

Yoshito Yamaji

Ryōhei Uchida

Chishū Ryū

Vice-Admiral Shibata

Lea Smith

Mrs. Russell

Elise Richter

Mrs. Doorn