The script of the full-length film «Hostages of war» is based on the true story of the life of Ahiko Tetsuro (the fictional name is “Yuchi Harada”), a Japanese cadet of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy from the prefecture of Karafuto, Japan. As the Soviet army advanced towards Japanese held territory, Ahiko Tetsuro was captured and exiled to a Kazakhstan detention camp.
Yuchi Harada conflicts with the brutal reality of the post-war era in the “Ossoblag”. The camp becomes a test site for him.
Genre: Military drama. Action.
Languages: Kazakh, Japanese, Russian and other
The Film company “Astanatelefilm” by the order of JSC “Kazakhfilm” named after Shaken Aimanov, the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Runtime- 113 minutes. Color. DOLBY 5.1
Director Yeldar Kaparov
Producers Boris Cherdabayev, Aliya Uvalzhanova
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Yeldar Kaparov
Kazakh filmmaker, in 2008 graduated from Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. Zhurgenov, in 2011 MFA Filmmaking at New York Film Academy
Filmography
2013 DODA (feature/ action)
2014 Home wars (TV series/ comedy)
2016 Red Apple (TV series/Drama)
2017 Don't leave me mother (TV series/ drama
2018 Homeland (TV series/drama)
2020 Almaty in my heart (TV series/drama)
2022 Hostages of War (feature/ historical drama)
2023 Deal for the Million (feature/ comedy)