Overview
Two thousand Canadians suffered the longest incarceration anywhere in the Second World War, a bitter four-year period inside Japanese POW camps in Hong Kong and Japan.
Director and cast
- Luba Estes as Self
- Chi Man Kwong as Self
- George MacDonell as Self
- George Peterson as Self
- Yuki Tanaka as Self
- Darianne Ramirez-Blanchette as Luba Estes (10-14 years old)
- Gaelle Pouliquen as Luba's Mother
- Jarlys Ramirez as Luba's Father
- Legna Bullain as Luba's Sister
- Rafael Marrero as Principal prisoner of War
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