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nbroken is a true story of Louis Zamperini during World War II in United States.
He always got in troubles, fights all the time, and bullied by other kids as he was an
Italian immigrant. Since he wanted to make changes and be strong, he joined the track team, always ran down the road, and eventually became United States Olympic player.
But soon after, as Louie was training for 1936 Berlin Olympic game, Japan and Germany severely exercised their power over other nations. Thus, the game was cancelled and he was deployed to the Pacific front for his military service during World War II. He served his duty in Texas when Japan attacked on Pearl Harbor that triggered America’s entry into
World War II. He feared of going out on the planes due …show more content…

Soon, he was found and captured by Japanese navy. Louis came to the camp headed by Watanabe who especially treated Louie harshly as he was an American Olympian and a former officer. Starvation, slave labor, psychological, and physical violence was common to American prisoners in
Japanese camp. Every prisoners only had skin, bone, and a skeleton in their body.
One day, Louis was given an opportunity from newsmen to broadcast his message saying that he is still alive. In fact, Japanese utilized Zamperini as a propaganda tool in the Radio Tokyo. Japanese asked him to read out the pre-written statements about anti-American propaganda in exchange for getting out of the prison. However, he refused it and eventually returned to the camp.
Later, his camp was burned by American forces and they moved to Naoetsu prison camp.
The prisoners were put to work loading coal barges in the cold. The prisoners could not rest and work all day.
‘Unbroken’ describes that the World War II is the darkest part throughout the history. It depicts the brutal and deadly condition of Japanese prison and ‘the Bird’. Also, the movie teaches the audience about how unhuman life was for American soldiers

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