Cowra breakout film aired in Japan

Antipodean Andy · Jul 14, 2008

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/09/2298490.htm

A movie detailing how prisoners of war held at Cowra plotted their daring escape has aired on Japanese television.

The film was shot earlier this year in Cowra, in central western New South Wales, and broadcast on the Nippon Television Network overnight.

More than 230 prisoners of war and several Australian soldiers died in the break-out in 1944.

Graham Apthorpe from the Cowra Breakout Association says the film explains how toilet paper was used to help gauge support for the mass escape.

"It is said that the breakout was precipitated by the decision to transfer all soldiers below the rank of Lance Corporal to Hay," he said.

"The toilet paper was used, a cross was used not to break out and a circle was drawn on the toilet paper to break out, then those votes were collated."
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Nostalgair · Jul 14, 2008

If any of the Aussies get a chance, it's a very interesting place to visit.

Cheers

Owen

Kyt · Jul 14, 2008

I wonder how it was presented in the film? Probably rather heroically with despotic guards etc - a flip side of the allied nations' POW films

and an earlier thread on the camp:

http://ww2chat.com/forums/axis-pows/303-cowra-pow-camp-breakout-august-1944-a.html

spidge · Jul 14, 2008

The committed suicide for the emperor.......what else! Those murderous Australians, they gave those two men a medal for shooting prisoners. blah, blah, blah.

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