13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China
Steven Spielberg 
directed the film, which stars Christian Bale, John ... Amidst Japan's invasion of 
China during World War II, Jamie Grahama British upper middle class 
schoolboyis... [DOC] [TLE] Empire of the Sun (1987) - IMDb [PAR] Drama  A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation 
during World War ... With Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, 
Nigel Havers.