Cannes: Jim Sturgess and Koji Yakusho to Star in Legal Drama 'Defending the Enemy' — hollywoodreporter.com

Jim Sturgess will star opposite Koji Yakusho in Defending the Enemy as a neophyte attorney assigned to defend General Matsaharu Homma, charged with organizing the Bataan Death March, in a war crimes trial. James Moll is attached to direct the project, based on the book A Trial of Generals, scheduled to begin principal photography in August. Jonathan Sanger is producing, and exec producer is Ellen Wander, whose Film Bridge International is overseeing financing and worldwide distribution.

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