Empire of the Sun

Shanghai streets, Christmas 1941, a toy airplane. A boy's world shrinks to a prison camp, an American sailor becomes his lifeline. Spielberg frames childhood resilience in wartime.

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Steven Spielberg directed Empire of the Sun in 1987. See Steven Spielberg's full filmography, where to start with Steven Spielberg, or where to go after you've seen everything by Steven Spielberg.

Empire of the Sun was released in 1987 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 153 minutes.