Afdlin hopes to bring Sandakan Tears to the Oscars. Photo: The Star/Raymond Ooi
For the past year, award-winning director/actor Afdlin Shauki has been busy developing an international-scale film which tells the story of a Japanese-run POW camp in Sandakan, Sabah during World War II.
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) gave Afdlin the task of producing and directing a film on this historical subject where thousands of Australian and British prisoners perished. It has been said only six people survived from the 2,500 held captive at the camp.
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