Tenko — Season 1, Episode 10: Christmas
Drama, War & Politics • 51 min • 3 seasons, 30 episodes • ★ 8.3/10
Episode synopsis
Christmas is approaching. The work party reports seeing a group of men in the distance. When Marion asks the commandant for names of the men, the list causes both joy and disappointment. The women are told they will be going to another camp. The commandant reveals his long-time knowledge and support of the women's subterfuge to steal paper from his office. The women leave the camp, uncertain of their future.
About Tenko
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.