Tenko (1981)
Tenko is a 1981 drama series created by Lavinia Warner. It stars Stephanie Cole, Ann Bell and Claire Oberman.
Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.
Cast
- Stephanie Cole as Beatrice Mason
- Ann Bell as Marion Jefferson
- Claire Oberman as Kate Norris
- Elizabeth Chambers as Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
- Emily Bolton as Christina Campbell
- Veronica Roberts as Dorothy Bennett
- Patricia Lawrence as Sister Ulrica
- Jean Anderson as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
- Annet Peters as Female Prisoner of War
- Stephanie Beacham as Rose Millar
- Burt Kwouk as Major Yamauchi
- Takashi Kawahara as Shinya