Analysis

At last Louie’s “purgatory” ends, but he is left physically wrecked by it. Unlike the traditional idea of purgatory, though, where the purified sinner finally gains respite and redemption, Louie’s rescuer is no savior, but rather a host of Japanese soldiers. Figuratively, the soldiers are a collective host of devils who now usher Louie and Phil into an unimagined hell as prisoners of war.