13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China
... young Jim (13-
year-old Christian Bales), abruptly wrenched from his parents, scavenges, almost 
starves and finally finds himself a prisoner of the Japanese,... [DOC] [TLE] Empire of the Sun Movie Review (1987) | Roger Ebert [PAR] Dec 11, 1987 ... His story is based on the autobiographical novel by J. G. Ballard, who lived ... 
whose name is Jim, and who is played by Christian Bale with a kind of ... 
Spielberg is a good storyteller with a good tale to tell.