BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - 1957 Clip 2

[DwightKoh93]

"ENGRISSH PRISONAHS!"

[SWEDISHnFINNISH]

@glynamus I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but the bridge of kwai has never existed.

[Rayoscope]

Stand fast in the ranks! Since you refuse to abide by the laws of the civilized world we must consider ourselves absolved from our duty to obey you. My officers will NOT do manual labor. Renowned British stubbornness; not to be underestimated.

[lorrainewands]

I recall watching this film when I was younger, but the details are vague. I guess I'll just have to rent it or something. If anyone hasn't yet read the book upon which this was based, at least in part (To End All Wars by Ernest Gordon) I HIGHLY recommend it. It's, of course far more graphic than this film, but there is a wonderful spirit of forgiveness and triumph throughout it. Please pick it up when you've the time!

[glynamus]

oh, by the way, the japs where excellent bridge builders and the kwai bridge was made of steel not bamboo and wood. the bridge is still standing today and in full use.

[glynamus]

yes, it is the their code to murder unarmed men(women, childern........ code of bushido is the cowards code.

[QuantumFart2]

Alec Guinness can pull off a mustache better than anyone I've ever seen. That and the fact that he's one of the top 5 actors of the 20th century.

[columbiaclassics]

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[dday0606]

It was made in a time when such extreme violence was not the focus of a film as it is today. It is a clash of cultures as the focal point, each thinking their view is the correct one. In the end, all that was created IN SPITE of that clash is destroyed and even the coexisting adversaries who developed mutual respect, are dead. It makes a pretty powerful statement about the futility of war to me.

[ghostalin]

@dday0606 A clash of cultures and beautiful whistling.

[JAG312]

It is very odd that the Japanese have a Maxim machinegun. I guess someone in Hollywood thought that one machinegun was just the same as any other.

[khpn666]

Ich finde den Japaner bersser.

[Fregatman]

@khpn666

Ich auch:)

Sehr sympathisch der Kerl^^

[carywarrior]

Alec Guinness is a legend 

[annejin1118]

This is nothing compared to what the japanese army did in China!!! They were killing people like killing plants, and even did human experiment on millions of naive people.......

[sabre517]

With this film, I always thought "What kind of a wuzz officer orders his men to work and then refuses to grab a showel himself, crying about it like a little baby" .. I somehow have less symphaty for the british (officers) in this clip, they should've stood by their men working and leading by example, instead of trying to pull that Geneva bs like little damsels. But I guess that's too modern a way to think.

Best regards,

A fella who went to the army

[ZXRaziel]

@sabre517 I agree with you , i served in army and i experienced officers like this , lazy cowards , my way of thinking vas different , it always suprise me when someone think he is better or more than the others .

[TheEcfc90]

@sabre517 if you read some books on these camps - i'd recommend Behind Bamboo by Rohan Rivett - it explains that the reason officers didn't do manual labour was so that they could remain seperated from the ordinary soldiers. This wasn't laziness - it was simply so they could act as a buffer between the japs & enlisted men, and solve issues that arose themselves - rather then let the prison guards solve them (which would definately end much worse).

[alanheath3]

@sabre517 When I saw this on the television around 1975 I thought the same. The point is that it is not officers v men but British v Japanese. He was standing to a point the men could agree with.

The ironic thing is what happens later in the film - which I won't write here!

[hlimkb]

it was the us that brought the empire of japan/navy to their knees and not the british.

n only with the threat of extinction of their race than they surrendered unconditional.

such is life.

[evertonjf08]

@hlimkb The American's had to use the most IN HUMANE way about it. Don't be a fool! You came in late! You couldn't read or write! You had very nice men but they where never the soldiers the British where. And to suggest it was the US alone to defeat the Japanese is ridiculous. Many country's involved! Not only US. Get you're head out of you're arse!

[hlimkb]

@evertonjf08

head wound is always fatal and never nice to c.

just a thought,

but coming back to the british,they did not do very well in ww2,

the real beneficiary were the us n russian.

wo rooservet fire hose policy,england was doomed after the battle of france.

[kevinndexter]

Great movie. Only problem is that it was mostly...rather GROSSLY INACCURATE to the actual goings on of what happened at the Bridge. Great entertainment...but just that...entertainment.

[taiko78]

love hahaha

[JohnnyCash08]

I don't really get why Nicholson insists in the Geneva Convention when it wasn't even signed by the Japanese during this time. The more often I watch this movie the more I cheer with Colonel Saito. I also don't like how the Japanese are portrayed as undisciplined and incompetent. I also don't get why they should have been unable to build a simple bridge. They had enough competent engineers during WWII. How did the Brits get caught in the first place when the Japanese were so incompetent anyway?

[DrRondds]

The British were defending their home island from Germany, alone, at the time. They were spread thin and undermanned in the East. They were easily defeated by the Japanese.....  The Japanese code of Bushido had to do with being a warrior first. Logistics, supplies, transportation, were much less important, and less honored. Their construction and engineering was a shadow of what the West's was during the war, and that's one reason why we won.

[JohnnyCash08]

It's funny how you imply that the British lost cuz they had to fight on several fronts while at the same time you are insinuating that the Japanese lost becuz of their technological inferiority. In reality these kind of arguments are so replacable. Here's an example: The Japanse beat the British cuz the British logistics were so bad. Later the Japanese got beaten cuz they had to fight on several fronts! I guess this equations is fairer & more realistic: Economic power of UK < Japan < USA

[DrRondds]

I didn't say the Japanese were technologically inferior. They had the best torpedoes, fighter planes, and optical instruments for the first year and a half of the war. But within the military, anything not directly involved in combat was not valued. That's why many Japanese died of starvation on Island outposts. And the UK had greater economic power than Japan. They had a colonial empire they could draw on.

[rethguals]

Colonel Saito seems like such a good bloke

[dlmaniac]

"You speak to me of code?! What code? The coward's code. What do you know of the soldier's code, of Bushido? Nothing!! You are unworthy of commanding!"

The dialog showing the clash of culture differences is a great piece of work through the movie between these characters. Top notch acting and directing.

[ali4330]

@dlmaniac Whatever it was nobody should imposed cruelties on POWs.It is a universal culture accepted by the four corners of the world.Anybody who stepped on it deserved to end his life in the gallow

[IDTVshow]

madness!  madness!!

[Revbone450]

Filthy Nips

[pkneeno]

Wonderful movie. This scene at the opening grabs. Other great scenes: at the end William Holden's character screaming "Kill him! Kill him" when Nichols stumbles across the explosives. Then the great scene where Nichols says they would have gotten the bridge built if the Japanese (Col Saito) hadn't interfered. Powerful. Thanks for the great post.

[omtat2]

Be happy in your work!

[firstjohn47and8]

Is this the same Suessue Hayakawa from the silent movie era...That's pretty cool if it is. WHat a long careeer he had as an actor.

[dday0606]

Yes, he is the same. If you can get the "2nd disk-making of" dvd of this movie, it gives many details of all the actors. Hayakawa was nothing like his character! That to me makes him all the more great at how he played this role.

[justalittlebitmo]

I love this film and yes Alec Guinness does an AMAZING job!