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{{quote|''P-51! Cadillac of the sky!''|'''Jim Graham ([[Christian Bale]])'''}}
''Empire of the Sun'' is a 1987 American [[Coming of Age]] war film based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical ''[[Empire of the Sun (novel)|Empire of the Sun]]'' novel. [[Steven Spielberg]] directed the film, which stars [[Christian Bale]], [[John Malkovich]], Miranda Richardson, and Nigel Havers. The film tells the story of Jamie "Jim" Graham, a young boy who goes from living with his wealthy British family in Shanghai, to becoming a prisoner of war in the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, a Japanese internment camp, during [[World War II]].
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* [[Jerkass]]: Basie, despite taking care of Jim for the most part, often leans towards this.
** [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Jamie starts as a rather spoiled kid who puts one of his servants through much stress, but quickly loses the jerkass part after he gets separated from his parents and becomes a full-fledged woobie.
* [[The Medic]]: Dr Rawlins, who also tries to act as a [[Parental Substitute]] for Jim.
* [[Obligatory War Crime Scene]]: The Japanese actions against civilian prisoners in retaliation for American bombing of Japanese military targets.
* [[Orchestral Bombing]]: Complete with a score by [[John Williams]].
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* [[Proud Warrior Race]]: Jim seems to view the Japanese as being something of this, and certainly the Japanese see themselves as this, but for the most part we see Japanese guards beating unarmed prisoners.
* [[Rare Vehicles]]: One of the IJA vehicles, a Nissan 4x4 used in a brief scene had to be custom-built from a Russian GAZ-69 because ''not one'' original example exists.
* [[Real Person Cameo]]:
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: On the way to the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Camp, Jim slaps a Japanese soldier who is driving the truck. ''And gets away with it,'' despite being a powerless POW boy. The look on the Japanese man's face is [[Crowning Moment of Funny|priceless.]]
* [[The Scrounger]]: As time goes on, Jim acquires scrounger skills from Basie, an American sailor and master scrounger.
* [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: This movie features the conflict between the Chinese and the Japanese and the effect on Westerners who go caught in the war zone.
* [[Shanghai]]: The location of the first part of the movie.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Jim starts out as a spoiled little wuss before he [[Took a Level
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Averted for most of the film, but plenty of flashy explosions when it counts, including {{spoiler|the distant flash of a nuclear weapon}}.
* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: The story is semi-autobiographical after all.
* [[War Is Hell]]: The emphasis of the story is on the impact of war on civilians.
* [[Weapons Understudies]]: Postwar Soviet GAZ-69 SUV as an Imperial-era Japanese military vehicle.
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