Cell 118
An adaptation of the true story of a prisoner-of-war detained at Changi Camp during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, as told from the point-of-view of the Japanese prison guard years later. The warden develops empathy for the inmate until a discovery of the secret installation of a transistor radio in the detainee’s cell wall puts the bond fostered to the ultimate test.
- Director: Shawn Lee Miller
- Runtime: 14m47s
- Genre: Drama
- Rating: PG
- Availability: library@esplanade
- Accession No: 2007-D-1136
- Subtitles: -
- Release Year: 2003
- Producer: Nur Haliza Bte Halik
- Language: English
- Production Country: Singapore
Cast List:
- Shandon Quinn, Darren Joe, Eric Lee
Crew:
- Writer - Shawn Lee Miller
- Editor/Director of Photography - Michael Tay Hong Khoon
- Assistant Camera Operator - Choo Weiming
- Gaffer - Xavier Pang
- Grip/Driver - Wayne Wong
- Sound Designer/Editor - Linda Lee
- Boom Operator - Charmaine Teo
- Script Supervisor - Shawn Chong
- Art Director - Boo Junfeng
- Set Design Advisor - Robin Carmichael
- Music Composer - Jennifer Lee
Keywords:
- Era - 16 August 1942
- Event - Japanese Occupation, Second World War
- Place - Changi Camp, Singapore
- Items - Transistor Radio, Stethoscope
- Themes - Imprisonment, Freedom, Escape, Entrapment, National Duty
- Relationship - Warden/Inmate, Guard/Prisoner
- People - Soldier, Prisoner of War, POW, Political Prisoner
- Emotions - Regret, Guilt, Envy, Fear
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