Black Jail (1982) atrocities in Japanese Prison Camp
3587DVD
Uncompromising
Depiction of Atrocities in a Japanese Prison Camp
director: Ching Kong
starring: Ching Kong (as John T. King) · Yang Hui-Sang ·
Hsu Buh-Liao · Ling Ling Hsia · Lin Yung
This graphic film
featuring the grotesque treatment of Chinese prisoners inside the notorious
Japanese prison camp known as Black Jail was produced 8 years before the
better know MAN
BEHIND THE SUN. The story is similar, an uncompromising movie
that vividly shows the atrocities committed by the Japanese against (male
and female) Chinese political prisoners imprisoned in an impregnable fortress.
Cheng Kang was born
in 1924 in Anhui Province. He quit school after being separated from his
family at the age of 13, spending his teen years in an orphanage. In 1938,
he joined the Hsin An Troupe, a traveling group that performed
patriotic plays which incited resistance to Japanese occupation. After
the war, he studied art and design at the Shanghai College. After arriving
in Hong Kong in 1949, he began working as a scriptwriter for most of the
major studios. It's estimated that he wrote over 300 scripts before joining
the Shaw Bros studio as a director in 1970. Ten years later, he retired
to Taiwan to make independent films. BLACK JAIL was produced at that time.
Today, in his 90s, Ching Kong still works at his studio where he mentors
new filmmakers.
A Taiwanese
film with Chinese and English subtitles; fullscreen format (4:3), uncut
(100 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include
selected trailers
Graphic
Violence/Sexual Situations/Rape/Torture/Sexual Brutality
Recommended for Adult Audiences
