History Film / ToEndAllWars

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Many people were turned off by the crucifixion scene, because the crucifixion was part of western history and had nothing to do with the Japanese, so the scene was obviously made up, right? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Japan Wrong]].

* PragmaticAdaptation: There were some [[CompositeCharacter composite characters]] to save money on casting, and one character SparedByAdaptation because the violence of the initial cut was [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy too intense for viewers to take in the message]].

''To End All Wars'' is a film by David L. Cunningham based on the Autobiographical novel, "Through the Valley of the Kwai". It takes place in one of many P.O.W camps run by the Japanese in Thailand during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It starred Kiefer Sutherland, Creator/RobertCarlyle, Ciarán [=McMenamin=], as well as actors from Creator/AkiraKurosawa 's troupe, such as Sakae Kimura and Masayuki Yui.

To End All Wars is a film by David L. Cunningham based on the Autobiographical novel, "Through the Valley of the Kwai". It takes place in one of many P.O.W camps run by the Japanese in Thailand during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It starred Kiefer Sutherland, Creator/RobertCarlyle, Ciarán [=McMenamin=], as well as actors from Creator/AkiraKurosawa 's troupe, such as Sakae Kimura and Masayuki Yui.

To End All Wars is a film by David L. Cunningham based on the Autobiographical novel, "Through the Valley of the Kwai". It takes place in one of many P.O.W camps run by the Japanese in Thailand during WorldWarII. It starred Kiefer Sutherland, RobertCarlyle, Ciarán [=McMenamin=], as well as actors from Creator/AkiraKurosawa 's troupe, such as Sakae Kimura and Masayuki Yui.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ito is shown to be brutal, but noble. He does not take part in partying or use of the comfort women, and when he mistakenly beats the wrong man for the shovel incident, he is visibly shaken. He also [[spoiler:sheds a tear after crucifying Dusty, when the latter took the place of Ian Campbell.]]
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To End All Wars is a Film by David L. Cunningham based on the Autobiographical novel, "Through the Valley of the Kwai" It takes place in one of many P.O.W camps run by the Japanese in Thailand during WorldWarII. It starred Kiefer Sutherland, RobertCarlyle, Ciarán [=McMenamin=], as well as actors from Creator/AkiraKurosawa 's troupe, such as Sakae Kimura and Masayuki Yui.

* AuthorFilibuster The narrator (who is also the main Character and author of the book, Ernest Gordon), opines about mercy, justice, and forgiveness a fair bit.

* TheEmpire: World Ward II era Japan, of course.
* FatSlob: Noguchi, in contrast with noble samurai, Ito.

To End All Wars is a Film by David L. Cunningham based on the Autobiographical novel, "Through the Valley of the Kwai" It takes place in one of many P.O.W camps run by the Japanese in Thailand during WorldWarII. It starred Kiefer Sutherland, RobertCarlyle, Ciarán [=McMenamin=], as well as actors from AkiraKurosawa 's troupe, such as Sakae Kimura and Masayuki Yui.

* AnachronismStew: Not really a stew, but if the BambooTechnology wheelchair seemed unrealistic, it is. [[spoiler:This is because the person the character in the wheelchair is based on actually died after he was beaten in real life.]]

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The earliest cuts of the film left audiences numb and unable to disucss the themes that drove the creation of the movie. The film was edited and some scenes changed to avoid this in the final release, and the Director's Cut [[{{bowdlerise}} edited it even further.]]

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