TV series · 1981
Tenko
First aired 22 October 1981 Drama / War & Politics TMDB ↗
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.
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Jean Anderson
as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Patricia Lawrence
as Sister Ulrica
Ann Bell
as Marion Jefferson
Stephanie Cole
as Beatrice Mason
Emily Bolton
as Christina Campbell
Louise Jameson
as Blanche Simmons
Veronica Roberts
as Dorothy Bennett
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Renée Asherson
as Sylvia Ashburton
Edna Doré
as Edna
Burt Kwouk
as Major Yamauchi
Elizabeth Chambers
as Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Albert Moses
as Dr. Singh
Oliver Ford Davies
as Priest
John Rowe
as Policeman
Zienia Merton
as Nun
Eiji Kusuhara
as Lt. Sato
Stephanie Beacham
as Rose Millar
Lizzie Mickery
as Maggie Thorpe
Claire Oberman
as Kate Norris
Takashi Kawahara
as Shinya
Annet Peters
as Female Prisoner of War
Takahiro Oba
as Kasaki