Movie directed by
Steven Spielberg. Based on the
novel by
JG Ballard. A young English boy residing in
Shanghai during
World War II with his parents has some interesting experiences when the
Japanese invade,
chaos results, and he's separated from his family. He meets a bunch of
weird characters, gets thrown into an internment camp, and just may have seen the blinding flash of light that was the
A-bomb dropped on
Hiroshima.