In Pierre Boulle's screenplay, the bridge on the River Kwai is built by the Japanese during ... as a soldier who escapes from the prison camp and returns to blow up the bridge.

A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it.

During WW II, allied POWs in a Japanese internment camp are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge, but under the leadership of ...