"Better to live like a coolie than die like a hero." It is they who brought you here, not...
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Colonel Saito:
Attention, English prisoners! Notice I do not say "English soldiers". From the moment you surrendered, you ceased to be soldiers. You will finish the bridge by the twelfth day of May. You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer, Lieutenant Mioura. Time is short. All men will work. Your officers will work beside you. This is only just. For it is they who betray you by surrender. Your shame is their dishonor. It is they who told you: "Better to live like a coolie than die like a hero." It is they who brought you here, not I. Therefore, they will join you in useful labor. That is all
Attention, English prisoners! Notice I do not say "English soldiers". From the moment you surrendered, you ceased to be soldiers. You will finish the bridge by the twelfth day of May. You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer, Lieutenant Mioura. Time is short. All men will work. Your officers will work beside you. This is only just. For it is they who betray you by surrender. Your shame is their dishonor. It is they who told you: "Better to live like a coolie than die like a hero." It is they who brought you here, not I. Therefore, they will join you in useful labor. That is all
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English prisoners
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Notice l do not say English soldiers
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From the moment you surrendered you ceased to be soldiers
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You will finish the bridge by the 1 2th day of May
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You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer
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Time is short All men will work
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Your officers will work beside you
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This is only just
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for it is they who betrayed you by surrender
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Your shame is their dishonor
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It is they who told you
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better to live like a coolie then die like a hero
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It is they who brought you here not I
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Therefore they will join you in useful labor
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That is all
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Movie Summary
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
