13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China
[DOC] [TLE] MOVIE REVIEW : 'Empire of the Sun' Charts a Boy's Survival During ... [PAR] Dec 9, 1987 ... J. G. Ballard's novel, on which Tom Stoppard based his screenplay, is a chilly ... 
comfortable International Settlement just as World War II erupts.