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Jungle captivity pushes women to the brink in this Indonesian WWII women-in-prison ordeal.

WAR VICTIMS

1983 · 1h 36m · NR · Action / Drama / Horror / War · IMDB TMDB

A women in prison movie set in a Japanese POW camp during World War 2.

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What is War Victims about?

War Victims is a 1983 Indonesian action, drama, horror, and war film directed by Jopi Burnama about women held in a brutal Japanese POW camp during World War II.

Programmer's Pick

If you like your war dramas with a heavy side of exploitation, War Victims delivers: POW camp brutality, jungle peril, and a commander caught between orders and conscience. Indonesian genre cinema doesn’t pull its punches here.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Set deep in the jungle during World War II, War Victims thrusts a group of women into the harsh confines of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Subjected to relentless beatings, torture, humiliation, and deprivation, the prisoners endure the cruelty of guards who revel in their power. Meanwhile, the camp’s commander is conflicted, disagreeing with the treatment of the prisoners but unable to defy orders from above. As the violence escalates and hope dwindles, the women begin to plot a desperate escape. This is an unflinching women-in-prison exploitation tale, where survival is anything but guaranteed and the atmosphere is fraught with both physical and psychological peril.

Details & Specs

Director: Jopi Burnama
Writers: Raam Punjabi, Piet Burnama
Release: 1983
Runtime: 1h 36m
Country: Indonesia
Language: Indonesian
Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, War
Also Known As: Women's Prison Camp, War Victims, War Victims of Kamp Tawanan Wanita, Prisioneras de guerra, Kamp Tawanan Wanita (original title)